Overview

• Lars Klingbeil proposes a rapid meeting with company leaders and works councils to map support for the sector, including lower energy costs.
• He presses EU–U.S. negotiators for “low tariffs or high quotas” specifically for steel to ease the trade hit.
• Klingbeil argues U.S. industries such as aircraft manufacturing rely on high‑quality German steel.
• He faults the von der Leyen–Trump accord for leaving the 50% steel and aluminium duties intact, which von der Leyen defends as a stabilizing compromise.
• The United States maintains 50% tariffs and has extended them to metal content in products, while both sides say they will work on quota mechanisms that could lower rates for part of trade.