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Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS) among Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand, and Switzerland, 15 November 2024

In mid-November 2024, four small trading states entered into an historic agreement.  Its purposes are stated as follows (Art. 1.1): * removing tariffs on environmental goods; * liberalising trade in environmental and environmentally related services; * disciplining and eliminating harmful fossil fuel subsidies in order to mitigate their adverse impact on the
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