EU proposes halving steel import quota and doubling out-of-quota tariffs to 50%
• Oct 7, 2025, 8:54 PM
1 min de lecture
The European Commission has moved to cut free-trade quotas by 47 percent for steel and steel products and to double out-of-tariff import duties to 50 percent, taking a leaf out of US President Donald Trump's protectionist playbook. It's a way to protect the continent's struggling industry in the face of Trump's disruptive trade policy and global oversupply of the metal. Meanwhile, Trump hosts Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney as the two sides hope to work out a trade deal.
Yesterday
EU proposes halving steel import quota and doubling out-of-quota tariffs to 50%
• 8:54 PM
1 min
The European Commission has moved to cut free-trade quotas by 47 percent for steel and steel products and to double out-of-tariff import duties to 50 percent, taking a leaf out of US President Donald Trump's protectionist playbook. It's a way to protect
Read the article
'There's gonna have to be a compromise' on French budget, Prof. Antonio Fatas says
• 10:14 AM
1 min
With markets under pressure amid French political turmoil in the wake of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's surprise resignation, we speak with Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics at INSEAD. In this conversation, he provides a wider context to the publ
Read the article