Oct 13, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
13 October 2025 – Are EU stainless steel mills planning to sell only on a contingents basis from 2026 in response to the European Commission’s new steel protection plans? Meanwhile, a fire at a US aluminium plant has halted 40% of the country’s...
Oct 10, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
10 October 2025 – Criticism of the recently presented EU Steel Tariff Plan is mounting rapidly. Is France behind the idea that tariff-rate quotas should primarily benefit large corporations? Is the EU’s proposed Melt and Pour rule even feasible? Meanwhile,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
