The EU is planning to impose duties on substandard Chinese goods, Panama’s president wants to close the Darién gap, and Joe Biden is under pressure to explain his fitness to run for office. Plus, the FT’s Attracta Mooney explains how Denmark is implementing the world’s first carbon tax on agriculture.
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EU takes aim at China’s Temu and Shein with proposed import duty
Denmark to charge farmers €100 a cow in first carbon tax on agriculture
Panama will close notorious Darién Gap to migrants, president vows
Joe Biden to meet Democratic governors amid concern over his fitness for race
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