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Some EU leaders fear industries attracted by the new giant US subsidy scheme, the Inflation Reduction Act, may leave for the other side of the Atlantic (Photo: European Commission)

Swedish EU presidency: 'Subsidy not answer' to US green protectionism

US president Joe Biden's $369bn [€341bn] green subsidy package dominated the European political agenda this week as Sweden took over the EU's six-month rotating presidency.

As one of the bloc's most ardent free-market guardians, the Scandinavian country was scrambling to defuse ever more explosive calls for equally big EU state subsidies to match the US offer under the Washington's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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Some EU leaders fear industries attracted by the new giant US subsidy scheme, the Inflation Reduction Act, may leave for the other side of the Atlantic (Photo: European Commission)

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