Iron and Steel: Safeguard Measures
Commons · Question 12661 · Tabled 24 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations he has made at the World Trade Organization to allow the current steel safeguard measures to continue after June 30th 2026 with minimal changes.
Answer
Answered by Chris McDonald, 29 Jun 2026
In accordance with World Trade Organization rules, the UK’s steel safeguard expires on 30 June. We cannot extend the existing safeguard and cannot risk any gap in protection, particularly at a time of rising global overcapacity, which would leave the UK s...