Ukraine Steel Boss Says EU Tariffs Meant for China Are Hurting Ukraine
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A boss of a big steel company in Ukraine is not happy.
He says the European Union (EU) made new rules. The rules are about steel from other countries.
The EU wants to stop cheap steel from China. Cheap steel from China can hurt EU businesses.
But the boss says Ukraine is also hit by these rules. He says Ukraine is not the same as China.
He says Ukraine got bundled together with China. This means the EU treated them the same way.
Ukraine makes a lot of steel. Steel is very important for Ukraine's money and jobs.
The war in Ukraine already makes business hard. Now the new EU rules make it harder.
The boss wants the EU to think again about the rules.
He wants special help for Ukraine's steel business.
Vocabulary10 words
- European Union
- a group of European countries that work together
- bundled together
- put in the same group as something else
- tariff
- extra money a country pays to bring in goods from another country
- steel
- a strong metal used to build things
- import
- a good brought into a country from another country
- curb
- to stop or control something
- boss
- a person who leads a company
- export
- a good sent out to sell in another country
- measure
- an action a government takes to fix a problem
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
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Answer key
1. Cheap steel imports from China 2. Ukraine was grouped with China by the new rules 3. False
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A boss of a big steel company in Ukraine is not _____.
He says the European Union (EU) made new _____. The rules are about steel from other countries.
The EU wants to stop _____ steel from China.
But the boss says Ukraine is also _____ by these rules.
He says Ukraine got _____ with China.
Ukraine makes a lot of _____.
The war in Ukraine already makes business _____.
The boss wants the EU to think _____ about the rules.
He wants special _____ for Ukraine's steel business.
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