Steel Import Quotas at 2013 Levels Simply Economically Detached – Stainless Espresso

27 November 2025 – The Commission wants to turn back time to 2013 with its steel tariffs and import quotas – even though the European economy has grown by more than 19% since 2013. The 1994 GATT Agreement, to which the EU is also bound, does not allow such a substantial reduction of import volumes. The numerical and linguistic sleights of hand used by the Commission to disguise this call for a breach of WTO agreements must not be implemented. A commentary by Thorsten Gerber. Source