Washington is ready to amend its climate plan to assuage European concerns

The US special envoy on climate change, John Kerry, said in an interview with the BBC on Saturday that the United States is open to possible "adjustments" to its massive climate plan to reassure Europeans who fear the migration of their companies to the other side of the Atlantic.

"I don't think it (the law to reduce inflation) will be relaxed," he said.

"But to look at where it might be appropriate to make equitable changes or adjustments without prejudice to our efforts ... I'm confident that President Joe Biden would be willing to look at that," he added.

The European Union has been concerned for months about Biden's $420 billion plan, mainly for climate.

It was passed last summer.

This plan provides, among other things, for reforms and aid for companies based in the United States, especially in the sectors of electric cars or renewable energy, which raises the concern of the European Union, which calls for more "coordination" and fears the movement of its companies across the Atlantic.

This issue formed the focus of the recent state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Washington.

John Kerry also spoke about a controversial coal mine project that was licensed in the UK this week.

It is the first such project in thirty years in the country.

"People will certainly criticize it because the general idea is that coal mines anywhere are going against the direction people want," he said of the project, located in Cumbria (northwest England).

He stressed that he wanted to understand the project before commenting on it, but he warned against the image it presents at the international level.

"If you go everywhere in the world to tell people to leave their coal underground, it would be hypocritical to announce at the same time that a new mine is opening in a country like the UK," he said.

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