UK’s Johnson Says He Wants to Protect Steelmakers From Energy Costs

Workers stand next to a machine cutting newly manufactured bars of steel at the United Cast Bar Group's foundry in Chesterfield, Britain, on April 12, 2022. Phil Noble/Reuters

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday it was reasonable to consider ways of protecting British steelmakers against surging energy costs which are less of a problem for their competitors from other countries.

“We have a system in the UK where we don’t privilege our industry in the way that some other countries do,” Johnson told broadcasters as he arrived in Germany for a meeting with Group of Seven leaders.