EU Considers Tightening Steel Imports in Response to Trump’s Tariff Plans

The bloc has safeguards designed to prevent a flood of metal exports being diverted from the United States.

A steelworker at the blast furnace (Hochofen) Schwelgern at the steel works of Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG in Duisburg, Germany, on Dec. 10, 2024. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images

The European Union is looking into whether to further restrict its current system of quotas on steel imports to protect EU producers from new tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose, the European Commission said on Feb. 19.

The new administration in Washington has said it plans to institute rates on steel and aluminum coming into the United States starting on March 12.