In order to protect the EU market against diversion of steel from other countries to the EU market as a result US tariffs on steel and aluminium imposed from 1 June, the European Commission adopted a regulation on Wednesday 18 July instituting provisional safeguard measures on imports of steel products. These measures will come into effect on Thursday 19 July.
The provisional measures, proposed by the Commission following a safeguard investigation opened at the end of March and supported by...