Future of global steel forum remains uncertain heading into 2018

The fate of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity is uncertain heading into 2018, with China’s commitment to it unknown and the U.S. mulling other moves to combat what it sees as the root causes of overcapacity. The forum is slated to meet at least three times in 2018, but the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development secretariat, which facilitates it, has not said when. An OECD spokeswoman told Inside U.S. Trade on Dec. 26 that no meetings have...