Stainless steel: Problems again in EU trade defence investigation? – Stainless Espresso

Oct 9, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

9 October 2025 – Has another technical issue occurred in an EU trade defence case? The recently launched EU anti-dumping expiry review on stainless steel hot-rolled flat products from Indonesia, China and Taiwan appears to be suffering from a striking lack of...

Steel tariffs: EU seeks to enforce an import ban – Stainless Espresso

Oct 8, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

8 October 2025 – With the draft regulation for a new Safeguard successor presented yesterday, the EU aims to turn economic reality back to 2013. The proposal would effectively amount to an import ban for many steel origins. At the same time, at least 30% of all...

WTO panel criticises EU duties on Indonesian stainless steel – Stainless Espresso

Oct 7, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

7 October 2025 – A WTO panel has ruled that the European Commission breached the WTO Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) Agreement several times when imposing countervailing duties on stainless steel products from Indonesia. Meanwhile, the Commission has...

Steel Tariffs and Quotas: Is the EU Opening Pandora’s Box? – Stainless Espresso

Oct 6, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

6 October 2025 – When rumours about new tariffs emerge, we generally prefer to stick to established facts – and if necessary, put those facts into proper perspective based on what is being rumoured. So, based on the current chatter, let’s look at...

Emergency Steel Social Summit: Just a Pipe Dream? – Stainless Espresso

Oct 2, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

2 October 2025 – What the press thought it overheard at yesterday’s “Emergency Steel Social Summit” sounded like a pipe dream for European steelmakers – and was then eagerly and uncritically released into the media cosmos. But on closer...