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Germany needs a 鈥渞obust鈥� and 鈥渞eliable鈥� steel strategy if it is to maintain a domestic industry and move towards sustainable production in the longer term, said German chancellor Friedrich Merz to the steel-producing state of Saarland. Preserving a domestic steel sector is in Germany鈥檚 鈥渟trategic interest鈥�, noted Merz, adding that he was in talks with other steel-producing locations in the country.聽

The industry is facing major challenges, including competition from China, comparatively high energy costs and US tariffs. To boost the sector, the government is 鈥渨orking on competitive framework conditions鈥� and is 鈥減romoting the transition to climate-friendly production,鈥� according to a chancellery statement.

Germany鈥檚 ambitions to decarbonise steelmaking and use green hydrogen to help clean up industry more broadly suffered a recent blow when steelmaker ArcelorMittal dropped plans to convert two plants to climate-friendly production. Vice chancellor and finance minister Lars Klingbeil had called for a steel summit, adding that green steel was key for the country to maintain a strong industrial base. The minister is currently in the US for talks with the government and that the steel tariffs would be a key point of discussion. These were of a recent trade deal between the EU and the US, and chancellor Merz said talks聽continue聽on possible quotas under which exports can be made without excessive tariffs.聽

The German state must use its purchasing power to boost the uptake of climate-friendly industry products like green steel and cement by quickly introducing binding climate criteria for public procurement,聽Sabine Nallinger,聽chairwoman of the CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy, recently told 麻豆无码版.