With the UK now outside the Customs Union, the risk of future EU tariffs on British steel remains. The Government did not identify the issue of steel tariffs as a priority in its public communications on the “reset”, and it is not at all clear what, if anything, it proposed to the EU to address this matter comprehensively as part of the first UK-EU summit. Nonetheless, it is disappointing that, despite the positive momentum in the relationship, and the importance of a thriving metals sector t...

With the UK now outside the Customs Union, the risk of future EU tariffs on British steel remains. The Government did not identify the issue of steel tariffs as a priority in its public communications on the “reset”, and it is not at all clear what, if anything, it proposed to the EU to address this matter comprehensively as part of the first UK-EU summit. Nonetheless, it is disappointing that, despite the positive momentum in the relationship, and the importance of a thriving metals sector to Europe’s shared defence industrial base, the European Commission has not proposed to exclude the UK from its proposals for the EU’s post-2026 steel tar Type: conclusion | Number: 8 | Response status: response_pending