Economics

European Steel Industry Sounds Alarm Over Economic Outlook

  • Trade wars, weaker demand, Brexit are ‘paralyzing order books’
  • Eurofer offers gloomy picture of EU steel-market conditions

The state of the EU steel market is a barometer of the whole European economy.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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The European Union steel industry painted a bleak picture of domestic market conditions, blaming U.S.-instigated tariff wars, the risk of a disorderly Brexit and global overcapacity.