Alacero’s new president defends protection against unfair trade

Friday, 13 November 2015 01:29:10 (GMT+3)   |   Sao Paulo
       

Alacero’s new president, Jefferson de Paula, said this week the trade group’s agenda will continue focusing in the defense of the Latin America steel industry against what it labeled as the unfair trade. 

Talking to reporters in the sidelines of the Alacero conference, held this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 10-11, the Brazilian executive said IABr, Brazil’s steel institute, is already working with local government to protect the domestic steel segment.

“We need to have a provisional protection for the nation’s steel industry. I’m not defending a country, which is closed to global trade, but I support the idea that we need sometimes to protect our markets,” he said, while talking to reporters.

When asked by SteelOrbis what IABr is doing in terms of negotiations with the government, Paula, who’s also part of the council of the trade group, said it is “urging for measures to protect the country against the unfair trade.”

“If the trade isn’t far, then we’ll keep working. If I’m going to export just to lose money, then I won’t export at all. Our strongest competitor in Latin America is the Chinese government, which is working through Chinese steelmakers,” he argued.

“The government should take actions. We can’t do anything. It’s the government the one who should take action. We never asked that and we don’t need to. Brazil’s steel industry is competitive,” he said.

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