[Ferro-Alloys.com]The telegraph reported that British Cabinet split has opened up over Britain’s steel industry, which is fighting to keep safeguards that protect it from imports of cheap foreign steel. UK’s Trade Secretary Ms Liz Truss is under pressure from steel makers not to drop a series of measures that impose tariffs on imports of steel but UK’s Business Secretary Mr Kwasi Kwarteng is understood to back retaining the measures. At a meeting last week between the industry, Ms Truss and Mr Kwarteng, steel companies claimed the TRA’s recommendations were flawed, being based on partial data and showed a complete disregard for the practical consideration on the sector. They added that the TRA did not take into account that the US and EU are keeping in place their own trade protections, leaving Britain exposed to steel imports. The industry suggested tweaks to legislation which they claim could be quickly made, allowing six of the nine safeguards to be kept while remaining compliant to World Trade Organisation rules.

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