Our associations are concerned about the negative effects on Europe’s downstream manufacturing industries that can be expected from the European Commission’s proposal for continued protection of the EU steel market.
We understand and support the need to level the playing field for the European steel sector and address global overcapacities. However, we believe that the parameters as proposed by the Commission go too far in ring-fencing the European market. A better and fairer balance must be struck between the needs of European producers on the one hand, and users of steel on the other.
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