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Farmers’ protests: why EU wants to increase tariffs on Russian imports but won’t impose sanctions
05/04/2024
The European Union is proposing to increase tariffs on imports of various food products from Russia and Belarus in order, as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen put it, to “mitigate the growing risk to our markets and our farmers” and “reduce Russia’s capacity to exploit the EU for the benefit of its war machine”.
Domestic HRC hot-rolled steel "supply does not meet demand", should imports be restricted?
05/04/2024
According to the General Department of Customs, in the first two months of 2024, the country imported 2.65 million tons of iron and steel of all kinds, an increase of 85.4% over the same period in 2023, of which the main import market is from China. However, the use of measures to restrict the import of steel materials is a controversial issue.