EU steel quotas turn overcapacity fight into trade-law balancing act
By Cynthia Kroet and Oscar Pandiello ( July 15, 2026, 14:19 GMT | Comment) -- The EU's new steel import quotas and tariffs regime designed to shield the bloc's producers from excess foreign output could be vulnerable to challenge at the World Trade Organization or within bilateral trade agreements, experts say. While some trading partners have accepted their country-specific measures, China has said the measures are protectionist, raising questions about the EU's strategy for countering global overcapacity. The EU's new country-specific steel import quotas and tariffs regime designed to help shield European producers from excess foreign output could be vulnerable to challenge at the World Trade Organization or within bilateral trade agreements, experts say....
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