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• OECD says US steel move should galvanize talks to reduce subsidies

  - 2003-12-05

  PARIS AFP ? The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development described a US decision to scrap steel tariffs as a boost to its negotiations to reduce trade-distorting steel subsidies. "This a welcome development that will provide further impetus to the negotiations," OECD Deputy Secretary General Herwig Schlogl said in...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, negotiation, OECD, subsidy, tariff, United States Steel Corp.

• Urge to merger: in several parts of the world, steel companies are merging in order to survive - 2003 Ferrous Scrap Supplement

  - 2003-01-01

  The consolidation of the steel industry--a combination of bankruptcies, buyouts and mergers that will greatly reduce the number of companies in the steelmaking business--has been talked about for a number of years. But in the past two years, the talk has turned into action, as steelmakers throughout the world...

  Tags: bankruptcy, Europe, FINANCE, Indiana, Investment, Litigation, merger, Nucor Corp., OECD, Steel, Strategy, United States Steel Corp.

• Japan, EU to keep close contact on steel row with U.S.

  - 2002-05-20

  PARIS, May 16 Kyodo Japanese trade minister Takeo Hiranuma and European Union EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy agreed Thursday to keep close contact with each other on whether to take retaliatory action June 18 against new U.S. steel duties, a Japanese official said. ...

  Tags: FINANCE, OECD, tariff, U.S., United States Steel Corp., World Trade Organization

• Kawaguchi, Powell express regrets over U.S. steel tariffs

  - 2002-03-18

  TOKYO, March 13 Kyodo Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday shared their ''regrets'' over the U.S. decision last week to curb steel imports, Japanese ministry officials said. In a brief telephone conversation, Kawaguchi expressed disappointment that U.S....

  Tags: FINANCE, Japan, OECD, tariff, U.S., United States Steel Corp., World Trade Organization

• Look for disruptions in imports.(of steel)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-10-04

  Multinational agreement eyed to stop bickering between U.S. mills and rest of world. Odds are pretty high right now that buyers of foreign-made steel will see offshore supplies disrupted at some point next year. However, that could change if multinational agreements are...

  Tags: agreement, financial, import, OECD, steel, Strategy, U.S., United States Steel Corp.