The European steel industry has long been warning about risks associated with the global excess of steel capacities, unfair competition and growth of trade barriers. After a meeting with the EU Commissioner for Trading Marosh Shefchovich in Brussels on September 19, 2025, European steel -strongmen expressed optimism that there are decisive measures to protect the industrial ridge of Europe on the horizon.
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Shefchovich assured the heads of European steel companies that the European Commission will introduce a highly effective measure in trade steel by the first half of October 2025. General strategies for the fight against the global excess of steel capacities, including the decision on the US 50 percent tariff for European steel and its derivatives.
welcoming that this is a firm obligation to present a highly effective measure of steel trading, which will provide steel power and investments in this strategic sector for geo-economic The autonomies of Europe, Dr. Henrik Adam, the President of Eurofer, said: “Now the EU should stand up and fight for its industrial basis in the face of an unprecedented existential threat of the global excess of steel capacities when millions of quality jobs in Europe are at risk. We hope that the expected proposal of the commission will become the basis for the adoption by the European parliament and the advice of a strong decision. ”
