EU industry ministers to meet over steel tariffs

The European Commission wants to make the European steel industry more competitive and protect it from US special tariffs.

EU industry ministers to meet over steel tariffs

Paris, France — European industry ministers will meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss measures to maintain steel production in Europe in response to US tariffs, France’s industry ministry announced late Monday. Europe’s steel industry is reeling from US President Donald Trump’s executive order to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from

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The French government has invited EU industry ministers to Paris for Thursday to discuss measures to "maintain steel production in Europe". An imminent trade war with the US is to be prevented. As the French Ministry of Industry announced on Monday evening, the meeting prepared by the French Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci and his Italian colleague Adolfo Urso "will take place in the presence of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU"…

Some 15 steel-making countries are invited to the French capital, at the initiative of the Minister of Industry, on the grounds of concern about the rise in customs duties of 25% on imports of steel and aluminium declared by the United States.

The European Industry Ministers will meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss the steps to be taken to "ensure the continuation" of steel production in Europe, we learned from the French Ministry of Industry on Monday evening.