German economy minister says EU will support steelworkers
Reuters
Published Sep 21, 2020 08:50
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said the European Union would support steelworkers through the transition to environmentally-friendly manufacturing, even though this would be more costly at a time of global overcapacity.
Speaking before a meeting of EU trade ministers in Berlin on Monday, he said that steelmaking, alongside the chemicals and raw materials industries were among the bloc's core competencies and needed to be preserved.
European producers have long worried that overseas production, especially in China, will render them uncompetitive. The European Commission has floated the idea of a tax on imports that are produced in an environmentally harmful manner.
"We don't want to abandon Europe's steelworkers, and we will not," Altmaier said on Monday.
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