EU steel lobby calls for ‘swift’ US tariff retaliation
“We are being flooded by cheap foreign steel,” EUROFER said in a statement.
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Save our Steel: Trump’s tariffs and Chinese overcapacity force governments to act
Governments the world over are racing to keep their steel industries alive. From the U.K. to France, the EU and Australia: Billions are reserved to counter global overcapacity and Donald Trump’s steep tariffs.
EU strengthens steel trade shield by freezing redistribution of some Russian quotas
The move should offer EU producers a chance to regain market shares, the commission has said.
No industry, no tanks: EU bets on more clean steel to secure its future
Saving and greening European steel mills is now a key part of the EU’s defence strategy.
EU steel strategic dialogue starts next week, Commission says
Discussions should indicate how to realise a “step-change” in competitiveness and help draft a steel and metals action plan this spring.
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German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at ‘slow agony.’
Car industry pours cold water on von der Leyen’s ‘lead markets’ plans
Increasing demand for green steel through minimum quotas for carmakers is not the right way to decarbonise steel production, carmakers said, while environmentalists consider the car industry to be “uniquely placed” to work as a lead market for green st…
Steelmakers want von der Leyen to force public authorities, industry to buy green steel
EU steelmakers are pinning their hopes on Ursula von der Leyen’s plans to force public authorities and steel-using sectors to buy ‘clean’ as a key way to decarbonise European industries – an idea already endorsed by German politicians and seen by many …
Clock ticking as EU tries to unblock energy taxation directive
The French electricity sector fears that the revision of the EU’s energy taxation directive will fail before the June European elections, despite a last push by the Belgian EU presidency, which is seeking to break the deadlock in the Council of the EU.