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UK Steel Quota Cuts Threaten Jobs, Prompt EU Meeting

6/4/2026

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  • UK Secretary Peter Kyle will meet EU Commissioner Maroš Šefcovic on Friday to discuss steel quotas.
  • Steel firms warn 47% cut to imports and UK’s 60% quota reduction may raise costs, threaten jobs, and leave vulnerable to Chinese firms shifting to steel products amid absent UK-EU steel club and limited US involvement.
  • Steel Association says UK quotas would leave the EU with 9% hot-coil, 4% tin-mill and 3% merchant-bar imports.