JAPAN STEEL FEDERATION WELCOMES EU TRADE TALKS
December 1st, 2012
BY JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO
Japan's Iron and Steel Federation has told Steel First it expects "an indirect benefit" from the planned free trade deal between the European Union (EU) and Japan. In fresh comments made exclusively to Steel First, the federation predicted: "Domestic steel consumption would increase if consuming industries such as E&E [electrical and electronic], and automobiles could benefit...from the elimination of import tariffs in the EU." It stressed the potential offered by these "steel consuming industries" in ...
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