E.U. ready to roll out plans for first-ever carbon border tax By Sara Schonhardt | 07/13/2021 10:42 AM GMT Shipping containers at a port in Hamburg, Germany. The E.U. is preparing to enact a border fee on carbon-heavy imports. Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images Europe is about to shake up the global trade network — all in the name of climate change. The European Union is scheduled this week to release its plan for a carbon border adjustment — basically a fee on planet-warming carbon embedded in goods produced outside the 27-member bloc. The E.U. border tax — which would be the first of its kind in the world — is part of a package of 13 different climate policies set to be unveiled tomorrow.