Steel Forum 2026: How to Inflate a Steel Crisis
Steel Forum 2026: How to Inflate a Steel Crisis 6 October 2026 – Anyone trying to sell tariffs needs a threatening number. For steel, the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, GFSEC, provides one. But on closer inspection, little remains of the alleged 745...
CBAM De Minimis Threshold: Brussels Reviews Too Late, No Data
CBAM De Minimis Threshold: Brussels Reviews Too Late, No Data 5 October 2026 – DG TAXUD reports that the 50 tonne CBAM threshold remains below the one per cent limit. The assessment comes 153 days late, without a report, methodology or data. A new factsheet now...
New CBAM Study: Relief from 2028, but Not for SMEs
New CBAM Study: Relief from 2028, but Not for SMEs 2 October 2026 – Automotive industry association ACEA wants less CBAM bureaucracy. Yet the ERCST study it co-funded does not quantify any real relief, focuses on the expansion from 2028 and leaves SMEs with...
Stainless Steel Trade Defence: Five EU Proceedings, Two Speeds?
Stainless Steel Trade Defence: Five EU Proceedings, Two Speeds? 1 October 2026 – On 30 September, the European Commission opened three further trade defence proceedings concerning cold rolled stainless steel. It quickly becomes apparent that the way the...
EU Steel Regulation: New Consultation in a Whisper
EU Steel Regulation: New Consultation in a Whisper 30 September 2026 – In a new consultation on the EU Steel Regulation, the Commission wants to know how the measure is working after its first quarter. But it has asked in a whisper: no announcement as with...Advertisements
