In October 2021, the EU and US agreed to start discussions on a Global Sustainable Arrangement on Steel and Aluminium.
In October 2021, the EU and US agreed to start discussions on a Global Sustainable Arrangement on Steel and Aluminium. In parallel, both sides suspended their respective tariff rebalancing measures, and agreed to pause the bilateral World Trade Organization disputes related to the section 232 steel and aluminium dispute. This marked an important milestone in the transatlantic relationship, and in EU-US efforts to achieve the decarbonisation of the global steel and aluminium industries in the fight against climate change.