EU Moves to Curb Steel Imports Following US Tariffs

Brussels announced its Steel and Metals Action Plan in a bid to prevent the continent being flooded with steel diverted from the American market.

A steel worker for Germany's industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG takes a sample of raw iron from a blast furnace at Germany's largest steel factory in Duisburg, on Jan. 28, 2019. Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

The European Union is planning to further restrict steel imports from April, according to an action plan released on March 19.

The European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, published the European Steel and Metals Action Plan, aiming to “maintain and expand European industrial capacities in the steel and metals sectors.”