UPDATE: China negotiating with EU over planned steel tariff measures

China is negotiating with the European Union (EU) under the WTO framework over the bloc's planned new steel tariff measures due to take effect on July 1, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) said on May 28.

Speaking at a regular press briefing in Beijing, MoC spokesperson He Yadong said the EU's planned measures are "protectionist in nature" and could disrupt China-EU steel trade and global industrial supply chains. China expects to reach a win-win outcome through negotiations and maintain stable bilateral trade ties, He said. "If the