The European Commission is taking sweeping measures to protect European steel industry from a sustained stream of cheap steel from outside the EU...
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European Commission
Adviser for the Executive Vice President Stéphane Séjourné
European Commission
"I would like to welcome the latest developments on the Commission's front that today will announce a package for the overcapacity of the industry steel, with the reduction of quotas for the import of Chinese steel in the European market and the increase in duties steel sold at dumped prices. I think it's a very welcome and urgently needed measure."
Socialists and Democrats
Belgium
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament today welcome the European Commission’s announcement of a new trade defence instrument designed to better protect European steel production.
The European Commission’s new #trade #defence initiative for the #steel #sector marks an important step in addressing global #overcapacity and restoring #fair #competition.
European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA) has been supportive of an effective trade measure to ensure the survival and sustainable development of the European steel industry...
Over 600 million tons of global overcapacity, subsidized cheap exports from China, 50% steel tariffs in the USA – and the EU steel market? At least so far inadequately protected – but that is finally changing!
Alexander M. Julius, President of EUROMETAL joined BBC News to discuss the European Commission’s new proposal for steep new tariffs on steel imports.
IndustriAll Europe welcomes today’s decision by the European Commission to introduce permanent safeguard measures for steel imports. While this is a crucial step towards defending Europe’s steel and its workforce, it must be part of a broader, ambitious industrial strategy.
Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas (UNESID) supports the new European trade shield that protects steel and jobs...
"We are ready to produce more": Belgian steel company welcomes European steel tariffs...
EuLA welcomes the European Commission’s upcoming proposal for a new trade measure on steel —a key step toward restoring fair trade conditions and addressing global overcapacity...
The European Commission is taking sweeping measures to protect European steel industry from a sustained stream of cheap steel from outside the EU...
A3M welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a new trade defense instrument for the steel sector...
European Aluminium welcomes the European Commission’s consultation on the future of a post-safeguards tool for the steel industry...
Spokesman of Executive Board & Chief Operating Officer
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
A welcome proposal from the European Commission to safeguard EU steel...
The European Commission is proposing firm measures to keep the steel industry in the European Union afloat. These are import duties and quotas that should provide protection against cheap steel from China in particular.
Both the European Parliament and the EU Member States still have to...
The European Commission is proposing firm measures to keep the steel industry in the European Union afloat. These are import duties and quotas that should provide protection against cheap steel from China in particular...
ArcelorMittal welcomes today’s European Commission proposal for strengthened trade defence. New tariff quotas, to replace the current safeguard, are vital for the survival of the steel industry in Europe, which is in crisis due to the volume of low-priced imports arriving in the EU...
Aperam, a global leader in stainless, electrical, and specialty steel solutions, as well as recycling and renewables, welcomes the proposal by the European Commission to establish a new instrument aimed at addressing the negative effects of global overcapacities...
GravitHy recognizes the importance of today's announcement by European Commission of trade measures to limit unfair steel imports in the EU. This is a significant step forward in ensuring the EU steel industry operates...
Our CEO Stefan Rauber on the announced protective measures of the EU Commission for steel...
The move is likely to inflame relations with China, the world’s top steel producer.
The European Commission proposed on Tuesday a 50% tariff on steel above a lowered annual import limit, in a bid to reinvigorate...
The proposal is meant to be a “stepping stone” toward a better deal with the United States, which also charges 50 percent on all steel.
EU tariffs on steel imports will be doubled to 50% beyond a reduced quota, compared to the volumes currently entering duty-free.
It's rare enough to be worth noting: the European Commission can also shield its own.
The European Commission unveiled plans this week to slash duty-free steel imports and raise tariffs to 50%, in a last-ditch bid to rescue the bloc’s ailing steel industry.
The European Commission has proposed cutting tariff-free steel import quotas by almost half and imposing a 50% duty on shipments above those limits, in a package aimed at stabilising EU steelmaking capacity and addressing global oversupply.
The European Commission proposed on Tuesday cutting tariff-free steel import quotas by almost half and a 50% duty for excess shipments in a bid to preserve viable steelmaking in the European Union.
Shares in European steelmakers rose on Wednesday after the European Commission proposed cutting tariff-free steel import quotas by almost half as part of a plan to preserve viable steelmaking in the European Union.
The European Union has proposed cutting free-trade quotas on steel by 47%, adding significant tariffs on imports from countries like China, India, Turkey, and the United Kingdom
The European Union unveiled fresh tariffs on Tuesday meant to shield its ailing steel sector, taking a page from Donald Trump’s protectionist playbook.
The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, proposed 50% tariffs — twice the current rate — on all steel imports above a quota that will be cut by roughly 45%...
For an organization that began as the European Coal and Steel community in the early 1950s, it seems apt that the EU is flexing its trade muscles over steel.
The European Union on Tuesday proposed cutting by almost half its tariff-free quota on steel and steel products, effectively adding large tariffs on imports from countries including China, India, Turkey...
The EU on Tuesday announced it was planning to double tariffs on foreign steel and halve the volume allowed into the bloc before duties are imposed.
The unveiling of the proposals by industry commissioner Stephane Sejourne comes as Europe's steel sector struggles to contend with competition from China, which dwarves the bloc's production.
The EU Commission wants to strengthen the crisis-ridden European steel industry with high tariffs on imports from all over the world. The Brussels authority is suggesting tariffs of around 50 percent on steel imports above the approved quantities...
The sector has a turnover of around €215 billion.
The sector produces on average 146 million tonnes of finished steel per year.
The EU steel industry has 500 production sites spread out across 22 EU Member States.
The steel sector employs 298,000 people directly and is responsible for up to 1.55 million indirect jobs.
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