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EU imposes 50% steel tariffs

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The European Commission cut tariff-free steel import quotas and raised duties to 50% to shield the bloc's steel industry, prompting UK calls for clarification.

by John Quiggin

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This is the same paper that claimed being in the EU had destroyed the UK steel industry. www.express.co.uk/ne...
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EU's horrifying impact on British steel sector exposed
THE EU had a horrifying impact on the steel industry in Britain, Conservative MP John Redwood has claimed in an interview with Express.co.uk.
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by David Passmore

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WORLDWIDE STEEL OVERCAPACITY

Measured by the kilogram, steel costs less than bottled water.

China started an overcapacity of steel production. Too much for China. Dumped as exports, driving down global prices. Response was protective tariffs & import quotas.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
E.U. Proposes 50% Steel Tariffs as Trump Effect Ripples Around World
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Reposted by: Patrick Dunleavy

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by John Quiggin

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An amusing case of #FAFO as the most rabidly pro-Brexit paper in Britain rages at the EU for ... treating Britain the same as every other
non-EU country.
www.express.co.uk/ne...
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EU makes major threat to UK in Brexit revenge plot - it's a disaster for Starmer
The UK steel sector is facing its "biggest crisis" in history as the EU prepares to impose "devastating" tariffs of up to 50%.
www.express.co.uk
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by Holger Hestermeyer

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The domino effect of the us market closing and the goods once going there looking for other markets. Things will get worse.
euronews.com
Euronews @euronews.com · 20h
EU tariffs on steel imports will be doubled to 50% beyond a reduced quota, compared to the volumes currently entering duty-free.
European Commission wields protectionist powers to shield EU steel
EU tariffs on steel imports will be doubled to 50% beyond a reduced quota, compared to the volumes currently entering duty-free.
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by Bob Hudson

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The Brexit poison continues its endless journey… www.politico.eu/article/dona...
‘Worse than Trump’s tariffs’: EU steel protections are poised to pummel British industry
The EU is preparing to reduce foreign steel quotas by almost half as part of new measures set to be proposed next week.
www.politico.eu
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by Alan Sked

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Reposted by: Holger Hestermeyer

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euronews.com
EU tariffs on steel imports will be doubled to 50% beyond a reduced quota, compared to the volumes currently entering duty-free.
European Commission wields protectionist powers to shield EU steel
EU tariffs on steel imports will be doubled to 50% beyond a reduced quota, compared to the volumes currently entering duty-free.
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Reposted by: Holger Nehring

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bloomberg.com
The UK’s steel sector warned of a potentially existential crisis after the European Union proposed raising tariffs to shield its own ailing sector
UK Steel Sector Warns of Crisis as Starmer Vows EU Tariff Talks
The UK’s steel sector warned of a potentially existential crisis after the European Union proposed raising tariffs to shield its own ailing sector.
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Reposted by: James Connelly

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Waste imperialism

"All EU plastic waste exports should be banned to anywhere outside the EU"

#ReduceConsumption

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
www.theguardian.com
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