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Iron and Steel: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on potential changes to steel tariffs.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 6 May 2025
Target answer date: 8 May 2025
Answer: 14 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on potential changes to steel tariffs.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade regularly engages with counterparts in other nations in relation to tariffs and the international trade of steel. On 8 May, this Government concluded a landmark economic deal with the US, where the US has comm...

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