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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

UK to challenge EU over ‘devastating’ plans to almost halve tariff-free steel import quotas

Large coils of rolled steel are stacked together, showing dark and lighter metallic surfaces
The EU plans to dramatically cut tariff-free steel import quotas from the UK. Photograph: Lee Jae Won/Reuters

The UK business secretary, Peter Kyle, is to raise concerns about EU plans to dramatically reduce tariff-free imports of British steel with its trade commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, in Brussels on Friday.

The UK steel industry has previously warned of “devastating” consequences from the new quota system being planned by the EU, which will cut overall tariff-free imports from non-EU countries by 47% on 2024 levels from 1 July.

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