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  • Ratcliffe calls on Europe to ditch carbon tax to save chemicals industry

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    Sir Jim Ratcliffe has warned that Europe’s chemicals industry “faces extinction” and called on European Union leaders to ditch their carbon tax and increase tariffs to preserve it. In an open letter published on Wednesday, the founder and owner of chemicals giant Ineos launched an excoriating assessment of the EU’s approach to the chemicals sector, [...]

    INEOS Founder and Chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe (L) reacts during a press conference (Photo by Bryn Lennon/ Getty Images)

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