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International Business Times
International Business Times
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EU Channels Trump With Tariffs To Shield Steel Sector

The EU executive will propose doubling levies on steel imports to 50 percent (Credit: AFP)

The European Union will take a page out of US President Donald Trump's tariff playbook on Tuesday with a plan to hike levies and slash quotas for imported steel -- to protect the bloc's struggling industry from cheap Chinese competition.

Urged to act fast to rescue European steel from decline, the EU executive will propose doubling levies on steel imports to 50 percent, and almost halving the volumes allowed in before tariffs apply.

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