By announcing on Tuesday 30 June that modified safeguards will be imposed from 1 July on 26 categories of steel products, the Commission is continuing its balancing act between protecting its post-Covid-19 industry and multilateral obligations.
“In the difficult circumstances that we witness, the Commission must be acting decisively, in full respect of the rules, and that is exactly what we are doing”, said Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan. At the end of this second safeguard...