The European Union's plan to impose new steel tariffs is a form of trade protectionism that will not boost the bloc's competitiveness but will instead disrupt China-EU steel trade and destabilize global supply chains, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

The European Union's plan to impose new steel tariffs is a form of trade protectionism that will not boost the bloc's competitiveness but will instead disrupt China-EU steel trade…

BEIJING -- China is currently engaged in negotiations with the European Union within the framework of the World Trade Organization on the EU's plan to implement new steel tariffs…