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10 questions China delegation should be asked about steel From The Northern Echo

7. What is the average emissions in CO2 per tonne for Chinese steel and when will the Chinese government report on steel production emissions in line cheap jerseys with members of the World Steel Association?

8. The UK imported 254,000 metric tons of Chinese rebar in 2014, up from zero in 2012. The Chinese traditionally have never sold rebar in the EU because the cost of transport alone would normally make this uncompetitive how has this changed?

9. Some UK producers and consumers of steel have expressed serious concerns about Chinese steel producers deliberately adding alloying elements, such as boron and chromium, into their steel reinforcement bar, in order to gain a Chinese Government tax rebate of 9 13%. The most common addition that has been observed has been boron and its addition has no positive benefits to rebar. Boron can cause severe welding failure and this has been observed in current live construction projects. Is the delegation aware of this practice and what is China doing to stop it?

10. What is the Chinese government’s view of concerns that UK construction industry has about the quality of its products?

Roy Rickhuss, General Secretary of Community, said: “It’s no surprise that everybody wants to ask China about steel but it’s now becoming a distraction. If I had the opportunity, these are the questions I would ask them. But I’d be surprised if I’d get many answers.

“The fact is that China chooses to play by different rules when it comes to steelmaking http://www.cheapjerseys11.com/ just as it applies different rules to human rights. Steelworkers know this and that’s why it makes them sick to see state banquets for Chinese dignitaries when their jobs are under threat.

“When it comes to saving the UK steel industry, the views of the Chinese government are inconsequential. At the moment, the UK doesn’t even operate on a level playing field within Europe, let alone when compared with the Chinese. So what matters is what the UK government plans to do. Of course that means action to stop dumping of Chinese steel. But it also means bringing forward the full compensation package for energy intensive industries to offset the increased energy costs they face because of government policies. We have the capacity within the UK to save our steel. What we need for it to happen is the political will.”

THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH. Nearly half of the GOODS in well known British Shops are NOT from the EEC (even) but from the Peoples Republic of CHINA. We produce and manufacture next to nowt in this ever whinging trade union obsessed country now. Nearly half of the GOODS in well known British Shops are NOT from the EEC (even) but from the Peoples Republic of CHINA. We produce and manufacture next to nowt in this ever whinging trade union obsessed country now. British Industry has been reduced to a minature over the decades.

(Cont) Recent Shopping. (Hat made in China). (Electrical assorted Goods made in CHINA) Multi Million Pound London Dockland industrial CRANES. (NOT made in Britain but imported from CHINA). Various clothing items, Made in China. Christmas TOYS in most well known British highstreet shops,, nearly all made in CHINA. Cuddly TOYS costing 10 a time (made in China probalby for 20p) and imported into Britain and sold at well known British Safari Parks and high street shops. Clothes pegs (plastic) Made in CHINA and these are only a tiny example of Goods which FLOOD into British highstreets shops, day after day FROM the Peoples republic of CHINA.