A worker walks past steel rolls at the Chongqing Iron and Steel plant in Changshou, Chongqing, China August 6, 2018.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 10 (Reuters) - The European Union is planning to announce anti-subsidy investigations against Chinese steelmakers at a summit with the U.S. this month, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Washington had asked Brussels to move against Chinese steel producers in return for avoiding the re-imposition of Trump-era tariffs on EU steel, the newspaper said.
In September, Brussels launched an investigation into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect EU producers against cheaper Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports it says are benefiting from state subsidies.
Additional reporting by Amy Lv in Beijing; Editing by Jacqueline Wong & Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Damir Sagolj, Washington, Joe Biden, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Nilutpal, Amy Lv, Jacqueline Wong, Simon Cameron, Moore
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Chongqing Iron, REUTERS, European, U.S, Financial Times, Trump, China's Ministry of Commerce, EVs, Thomson
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Chongqing, Changshou, China, Brussels, Beijing, Bengaluru