UK to double steel tariffs to 50% to save plants from collapse

Business secretary announces new ‘steel safeguards’ during visit to Tata’s Port Talbot plantThe UK is to double tariffs on Chinese and other foreign steel in a bid to save its remaining plants from collapse.The new “steel safeguards” came weeks after bosses at Tata Steel in south Wales...

<p>Business secretary announces new ‘steel safeguards’ during visit to Tata’s Port Talbot plant</p><p>The UK is to double tariffs on Chinese and other foreign steel in a bid to save its remaining plants from collapse.</p><p>The new “steel safeguards” came weeks after bosses at Tata Steel in south Wales warned the government they had just two months to be saved.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/19/uk-steel-tariffs-competition-peter-kyle-tata-steel-port-talbot">Continue reading...</a>
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