The European Union for the investigation of aluminum imports that were converted by the Trump tariff

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The European Union launches an investigation into the aluminum market to protect the blockade industry from an increase in the cheap imports displaced by the Donald Trump tariff.

The European Commission will announce the investigation, which aims to verify the sudden rise in imports and cover all commercial partners, on Wednesday, according to a document that saw the Financial Times.

Brussels will impose counter -measures if the probe sets such an increase in aluminum imports. The gaps in the tariff system are also scheduled to tighten steel imports.

The document says that the 25 percent definitions on aluminum announced by the US President last week “may increase the bad situation” for a sector that has suffered high energy prices, slow demand and cheap imports.

Brussels promised revenge against Washington with definitions of 26 billion euros of American products.

But aluminum probe explains the impact of the United States The president’s tariff It expands all over the world, as the committee tightens its bases against the imports of third countries, and a wider trade war is approaching.

The European Union document highlights what it says is a “major threat to trade from multiple destinations” due to a tariff last week in the United States.

Notice the bloc Aluminum The producers have lost a “big market share over the past decade”.

Unlike Norway and Iceland, which is part of the economic zone of the mass and can be exempted, the main exporters of the European Union are the United Arab Emirates, Russia and India.

Last month, the bloc decided to gradually get rid of Russian aluminum imports by the end of 2026.

While the United States used security reasons to justify its measures, the European Union will build its response to any increase in aluminum imports on the traditional trade defense law based on the rules of global trade regulation.

Protection measures from the previous steel steps can be hesitant, which in 2018 defined a 25 percent tariff for imports that exceed the specified shares.

Steel guarantees will end in June 2026, but the committee document says it will ensure adequate protection for the industry after that date.

Steel production 2023 of the mass was the lowest level since the start of the records, with the exception of the epidemic years.

The committee said that the pressure on the industry “is likely to worsen” as other countries raise introductory barriers to preserve the Chinese minerals that were banned by the United States. He added that the European Union can become the “main receipt land for global extraordinary capabilities”.

The committee will expand steel measures to prevent China using the third countries to circumvent them.

You will also consider a plan to strike countries that restrict mineral scrap exports to the European Union with a mutual ban.

The European Union steel exports have multiplied more than twice in recent years to calculate 20 percent of production, depriving steel makers of raw material.

It was first reported that the draft minerals work plan, which may still change before publishing, by the media.

The action plan is also a greater protection under the carbon border tax that comes into effect next year, in addition to attempts to help the industry reduce carbon emissions.

Companies have complained that they could not invest in new technology, such as hydrogen -running melting ovens.

The steel industry can spend 14 billion euros annually until 2030 to the removal of carbon. “Most of these projects are unlikely to be economically possible in the current environment,” the document says.

The committee indicates that member states can reduce energy taxes for heavy industry and provide greater benefits for hydrogen.

Customers will encourage Green Steel, which is more expensive than the traditional offer, by changing the bases of purchases and setting flexibility and sustainability measures for many industrial products.

The committee refused to comment on the proposal, but said that the action plan will indicate additional priority procedures for the sector, as well as long -term measures to replace trade defense protection measures in June 2026.