INDIA PERSPECTIVE

Indian media cover MC14 with strong critical positioning on CBAM, India being one of the most vocal countries against the mechanism. The Hindu publishes a detailed report citing Down To Earth, noting that CBAM will directly affect Indian steel and aluminum exports to the EU—sectors employing millions of workers. The article notes that India has criticized CBAM within the WTO as a unilateral measure.

The Times of India frames the subject through the Global South leadership lens: India, together with Brazil, China, and South Africa, forms a common front against CBAM in Yaoundé negotiations. The message is clear: developing countries will not pay for the West's historical emissions. NDTV emphasizes that India is developing its own carbon pricing policies and that a mutual recognition mechanism should be negotiated—if a country has its own carbon price, it should not be penalized on exports.

Republic TV adopts the expected nationalist tone, presenting CBAM as an attack against "industrializing Bharat." The Indian Express offers the most nuanced analysis, acknowledging that CBAM could ultimately push India to accelerate green transition—but that the timing is unfair for a country whose per capita emissions remain four times lower than the EU's.