The UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) announced on Jan. 25 that it has initiated a review into whether Britain should drop anti-dumping sanctions against steel producers from China. The new post-Brexit trade agency is set to investigate whether the imports of cheap heavy steel plate from China did harm to UK industry, and whether it would cause harm if the import duties were no longer applied. It is reviewing tariffs applied throughout 2021 on a series of non-alloy and alloy steel products made in China, excluding stainless steel, silicon-electrical steel, tool steel, and high-speed steel. The steel in question is typically used in the “manufacture of construction, mining and logging equipment, in oil and gas pipelines, and for shipbuilding and construction of bridges and buildings,” said the TRA. The period of investigation for the review is Jan. 1, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2021, with the entire injury period being Jan. 1, 2018, …