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EU hints at new sanctions on China over steel dumping
Reuters reported that the European Commission said that China’s failure to curb its steel output could prompt the European Union to consider new trade sanctions against Beijing. In an EU document aimed at framing the bloc’s China policy over the next five years, the Commission said Beijing’s pledge to cut up to 150 million tonnes of crude steel production by 2020 was insufficient and the country had to do more.
The document, which was agreed by top EU officials including EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Wednesday, said “The EU is seriously concerned about industrial over-capacity in a number of industrial sectors in China, notably steel production. If the problem is not properly remedied, trade defence measures may proliferate, spreading beyond steel to other sectors such as aluminium, ceramics and wood-based products.”
It said “Subsidies and other government support measures that contribute to expanding or exporting steel capacity, or to maintaining structurally loss-making operations, should be eliminated as soon as possible. China needs to reform its state-led economy and let market forces naturally address the problem.”
The policy document follows a pledge by the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations in May to take steps after global steel production hit a record high earlier this year.
The European Commission now has seven ongoing investigations into Chinese steel imports after opening a new case into alleged subsidies for hot-rolled flat steel in May.
Source : Reuters