( August 5, 2026, 07:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The European Commission has imposed bilateral safeguard measures on imports of certain steel products from Albania, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, North Macedonia, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey, concluding that rising imports have contributed to serious injury to the EU steel industry. The commission statement said that imports from these countries will remain subject to tariff-rate quotas, but any imports exceeding those quotas will face a 50 percent import duty. The commission found that steel imports rose 15 percent between 2023 and 2025 while the EU industry's production, sales, market share, profitability and employment all declined. The statement is attached....
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