The European Commission has announced the highly-anticipated outcome of its steel import safeguards review. Although the amendments are less stringent than market participants had anticipated, there are still a number of major changes.

Elif Eyuboglu, market reporter at Argus spoke to Lora Stoyanova, editor for Argus Global Steel about what the changes are and what impact they will have on the European steel market.

Key topics covered in this podcast:

• What are the main changes to the EU steel safeguards?
• What is the expected impact on imports?
• What steel products will be the most affected?
• How will the market manage the changes?
• What are the initial market reactions?

O presidente Donald Trump anunciou no início de fevereiro uma tarifa de 25pc sobre o aço importado pelos EUA. Qual é o impacto dessa decisão sobre o setor siderúrgico no Brasil? Saiba mais ouvindo a conversa entre Isabel Filgueiras, repórter da publicação Argus Metals Markets, e Camila Fontana, chefe adjunta de redação da Argus no Brasil.

Hear Argus’ essential analysis of proposed amendments to the European Union’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) and what they mean for the fertilizer industry in Europe and abroad.

Join Mike Nash, Senior Editor - Fertilizers and Lizzy Lancaster, Senior Market Reporter – Ammonia as they discuss this vital subject in the latest episode of the Argus’ Fertilizer Matters podcast series.

Key topics covered in the podcast:

• Assessing changes to the minimum threshold from which CBAM applies
• Delays to the start of CBAM certificate sales from 1 Jan 2026 to February 2027
• Administrative burdens – have they been simplified?
• Review of changes to how default values are calculated
• The 80% rule becomes the 50% rule
• Key concerns from the fertilizer industry

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• Related podcast: CBAM in brief – what is it, how will it work and why is it important?
• Argus Fertilizer market intelligence: Ammonia | Nitrogen | Phosphates | NPKs Sustainable/Specialty Fertilizers | Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid
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