EU Starts New Investigation Into Steel Imports From China

EU Starts New Investigation Into Steel Imports From China
In this file photo a worker stokes a giant burning cauldron at a steel mill in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province, on June 25, 2011. Overcapacity in steel and other industries is one of the major challenges facing China's economy in 2014. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—The European Commission has opened an investigation into hot-rolled steel sheet piles imported from China to determine whether they are being dumped in Europe, according to a notice in the EU Official Journal on Thursday.

The investigation into a form of steel used in construction was launched following a complaint by EU steelmaker group Eurofer and could bring fresh measures against Chinese steel.