8 September 2014
US steel tariffs could increase prices and put UK jobs at risk
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In comments before the tariffs were confirmed, he said the UK produces “very high value steel, some of which can be sourced in the United States and will simply push up the price of steel there”.
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“So our view is yes we can deal multilaterally with the overproduction of steel, but this is the wrong way to go about it.”
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, whose constituency in south Wales includes the giant Port Talbot steelworks, said Theresa May had “let down” British workers by failing to buy canada goose jacket stand up to the US President.
Aberavon MP Mr Kinnock said: “Theresa May has, again, let down British steelworkers.
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The EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said the bloc should be excluded from the measures and she would meet US trade representative Robert Lighthizer to discuss the situation on Saturday.
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“Everything you have for breakfast,” Malmstroem said. She noted that under WTO rules, the EU has 90 days to enact the measures.
The head of EUROFER, Europe main steel federation, said Trump reasons for slapping tariffs on steel and aluminum were an absurdity and that the move could cost tens of thousands of jobs across the continent.