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EU steel safeguard tweaked to tackle ‘significant imbalances’ over rebar

By Karoline Del Vecchio ( April 10, 2026, 10:42 GMT | Insight) -- Changes have been made to EU import tariff codes to ensure the bloc's steel safeguard measure remains effective, with the European Commission on Friday publishing modifications to the 2019 regulation implementing the measure. The changes respond to large quantities of rebar — concrete reinforcing steel bars — entering the EU tariff-free after chemical modification to make them fit a different product category.Changes have been made to EU import tariff codes to ensure the bloc's steel safeguard measure remains effective, with the European Commission on Friday publishing modifications to the 2019 regulation implementing the measure....

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