EU imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel products.

[H-Tom]

"The Commission's investigations confirmed that the Chinese products had been sold in Europe at heavily dumped prices. To provide EU companies with necessary breathing space, the Commission imposed duties ranging between 65.1% and 73.7% for heavy plates and 13.2% and 22.6% for hot-rolled steel. This should restore the profitability of the European heavy plates' producers and prevent damage to the companies involved in the production of hot-rolled steel products."
European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - European Commission imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel products

[klinton]

how is it a good news for steel buyers and consumers ? - those that actually are sole reason why steel is ever produced and there is market for it......

[Paz]

Originally Posted by klinton

how is it a good news for steel buyers and consumers ?

Yeah I'm sure the car manufacturers etc won't be pleased to hear this news but countries need to have an independent steel industry for defence purposes.

[H-Tom]

Originally Posted by klinton

how is it a good news for steel buyers and consumers ? - those that actually are sole reason why steel is ever produced and there is market for it......

you dont know what dumping is and how it works, right?

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by klinton

how is it a good news for steel buyers and consumers ? - those that actually are sole reason why steel is ever produced and there is market for it......

Because it lowers imports, keeps jobs and more importantly maintains the EU's ability to produce metals. Or do you believe that after the Metal's Industries are gone Chine will keep prices low?

[klinton]

No, I don't. That's why I need EU commision to tell me what it is:1orglau gh

Originally Posted by H-Tom

you dont know what dumping is and how it works, right?

[klinton]

in XIX century ? :-)

Originally Posted by Paz

but countries need to have an independent steel industry for defence purposes.

[klinton]

what Thatcher did with protesting coal miners in UK? Why she didnt keep up with their bullshit ?
if importing coal from Africa, Russia or Australia is cheaper than getting it locally, why overpay ?
How UK economy landed on Thatcher's policies ? Was it good or bad for the society as a whole?

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Because it lowers imports, keeps jobs and more importantly maintains the EU's ability to produce metals. Or do you believe that after the Metal's Industries are gone Chine will keep prices low?

[H-Tom]

Originally Posted by klinton

No, I don't. That's why I need EU commision to tell me what it is:1orglau gh

Chinese already did this with solar panels. Now they are controlling 80% of the market making over 20 billions euro a year.

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by klinton

what Thatcher did with protesting coal miners in UK? Why she didnt keep up with their bullshit ?
if importing coal from Africa, Russia or Australia is cheaper than getting it locally, why overpay ?
How UK economy landed on Thatcher's policies ? Was it good or bad for the society as a whole?

The miners along with other Unions were looking to bring down the democratically elected government. The UK was in a shocking state and the only way out was to defeat them.

The Thatcher years were good for the UK. So for society, it depends on where they live. For parts of Wales and the North, it was bad, the problem is they sit there waiting for jobs to come to them. While millions came to the UK to get jobs.

That's the problem with the UK. A lot of people think the Government should take more care of them, without them paying for anything. The Government has no money, it only spends the people's money. European countries with a better level of social care, tax people a lot more.

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by klinton

in XIX century ? :-)

No. In the 21st Century. Where do you get Steel from if the enemy is China?

Fuel if the enemy is Russia.

Oil if the enemy is Saudi?

Food if the enemy is the US?

You're too brainwashed to see the obvious.

[Paul Markham]

China isn't making trillions of cheap goods to be nice. It's making the stuff to be the World dominating power.

It has a 21st-century Armed Forces, Space Program, and technological capabilities.

We're ignoring the growth of China like we ignored the growth of Germany 80 years ago. Hoping they would always be nice guys.

Industries china dominates.

[CurrentlySober]

I always enjoy a good dump

[NewNick]

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

For parts of Wales and the North, it was bad, the problem is they sit there waiting for jobs to come to them.

I suppose they should follow your advice Paul and trot off to the nearest place where teenage girls will do anything to get out of their shitty lives and earn enough to buy some western consumer goods.

Isn't migration fabulous !!!

Fucking hypocrite.

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by NewNick

I suppose they should follow your advice Paul and trot off to the nearest place where teenage girls will do anything to get out of their shitty lives and earn enough to buy some western consumer goods.

Isn't migration fabulous !!!

Fucking hypocrite.

I'm pro controlled migration. As you say I brought money to Czech.