Brussels' Steel Tariff Proposal Puts Europe's Industrial Backbone at RiskBrussels / Berlin, 15 October 2025 – The European Commission’s new draft regulation on the successor to the EU Safeguard Measure on certain steel products is triggering strong criticism from European industry representatives. According to Gerber Group, the proposal presented on 7 October 2025 poses an existential threat to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe. Source