On 17 June 2026, the European Commission’s proposal for a new trade defence regime for steel imports (COM(2025)726) was adopted as Regulation (EU) 2026/1384 (“Steel Regulation”) and entered into force on 25 June 2026, succeeding the safeguard measures that had been in place since January 2019. One particularly novel element, the “melt and pour” transparency requirement, has now been given practical shape, with the Commission adopting the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1963 (“Implementing Regulation”) on 28…