Responding to the European Commission’s new European Steel and Metals Action Plan, Community’s Assistant General Secretary Alasdair McDiarmid said:
“Given that the EU has now confirmed they will strengthen their steel safeguards from the 1st of April, in response to President Trumps’s devastating 25% global steel tariffs, it is absolutely critical that the UK Government moves swiftly to keep pace.
“We know that as a result of the US steel tariffs there will be millions of tonnes of steel, that had been destined for the US, now floating around the world looking for a new home. The Government must ensure that our own market is protected, because the consequences of not doing so would threaten thousands of jobs. To avoid the UK becoming an import-magnet it is imperative that the Government acts urgently to at least match any measures taken by the EU.
“In addition to enhanced steel safeguards we urgently need a strong UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to protect our steel sector from cheap and dirty steel imports. The Government’s plan to introduce a CBAM in 2027, a year after the EU introduces their own CBAM, must now be reconsidered.”
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