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ARTICLE · 11 NOVEMBER 2025

Forging Fair Competition: How Antitrust Law Is Reshaping The Steel Industry

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Few industries embody both economic muscle and regulatory sensitivity quite like steel. In India which is the world's second-largest producer, the sector has become a bellwether for how the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and global antitrust regulators reconcile industrial policy, trade protection, and competition law.

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Introduction: When Market Power Meets Metal

Few industries embody both economic muscle and regulatory sensitivity quite like steel. In India which is the world's second-largest producer, the sector has become a bellwether for how the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and global antitrust regulators reconcile industrial policy, trade protection, and competition law.

As of November 2025, competition authorities worldwide are scrutinising how steel giants price, consolidate, and control resources. From India's proposed safeguard duties to U.S. litigation surrounding Nippon Steel's takeover of U.S. Steel, and the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the sector finds itself at the intersection of competition, climate, and commerce.

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