美国政府为保护国内钢铁业 ,计划将提高多种钢材进口关税 ,引起美国主要钢材贸易伙伴如韩国和欧盟的强烈反对。海外进口钢材未来销往美国市场的价格竞争力将会大大降低。美国国际贸易委员会将向布什总统建议 ,从 2 0 0 2年起开始对 1 2种进口钢材采取配额关税及直接增加进口关 The U.S. government plans to raise the tariffs on various steel imports in order to protect the domestic steel industry, arousing strong opposition from major US steel trading partners such as South Korea and the EU. The price competitiveness of overseas imported steel products sold to the U.S. market will be greatly reduced. The U.S. International Trade Commission will propose to President Bush that tariff quotas on 12 kinds of imported steel products and direct import increases be introduced starting from 2002