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The Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity meets at least twice per year at the senior official level and at high level as necessary. GFSEC members may invite relevant experts, economic operators, academia, and international organisations to provide input, as warranted and on a consensus basis.

 Events


2023

28 September: GFSEC working level meeting

27 September: GFSEC workshop with stakeholders

8 June: GFSEC Ministerial meeting

5 May: GFSEC working level meeting

15 March: Virtual GFSEC working level meeting

 

2022

23 September: hybrid GFSEC working level meeting

21 September: Stakeholder focus event

16 February: Virtual GFSEC working level meeting

26 January: Virtual GFSEC working level meeting

 

2021

1 October: GFSEC Ministerial meeting

15-16 September: Virtual GFSEC working level meeting

14 September: Virtual GFSEC Steering Group meeting

10 September: Virtual GFSEC stakeholder event with steel sector stakeholders

19-20 May: Virtual GFSEC working level meeting

18 May: Virtual GFSEC Steering Group meeting

22 April: Virtual GFSEC stakeholder event with steel sector representatives (presentations available here)

 

2020

9 December: GFSEC working level meeting

26 October: GFSEC Ministerial meeting

22-23 September: GFSEC working level meeting

21 September: GFSEC Steering Group meeting

8-9 July: Virtual GFSEC working level meeting

7 July: Virtual GFSEC stakeholder event with steel sector representatives (presentations available here)

15-16 June: Virtual GFSEC Steering Group meeting

17-18 March: GFSEC plenary working level meeting (postponed)

17 March: GFSEC stakeholder event with steel sector representatives (postponed; meeting materials available here)

16 March: GFSEC Steering Group meeting (postponed due to COVID-19 and consequent measures)

Excerpts from G20 communiqués

G20 Leaders, Osaka, 28-29 June 2019, para 9

While we note the progress made so far by the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity (GFSEC), we ask relevant Ministers of the members of the GFSEC to explore and reach a consensus by fall 2019 on ways to further the work of the Forum.


G20 Leaders, Buenos Aires, 30 November-1 December 2018, para 28

Recalling our commitments from Hangzhou and Hamburg, we welcome the concrete policy solutions developed by the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity (GFSEC), facilitated by the OECD. We call on all members to implement the Berlin and Paris GFSEC Ministerial recommendations and commitments. We look forward to a substantive report by June 2019.


G20 Leaders, Hamburg, 7-8 July 2017, para 6

Recognising the sustained negative impacts on domestic production, trade and workers due to excess capacity in industrial sectors, we commit to further strengthening our cooperation to find collective solutions to tackle this global challenge. We urgently call for the removal of market-distorting subsidies and other types of support by governments and related entities. Each of us commits to take the necessary actions to deliver the collective solutions that foster a truly level playing field. Therefore, we call on the members of the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, facilitated by the OECD, as mandated by the Hangzhou Summit, to fulfil their commitments on enhancing information sharing and cooperation by August 2017, and to rapidly develop concrete policy solutions that reduce steel excess capacity. We look forward to a substantive report with concrete policy solutions by November 2017, as a basis for tangible and swift policy action, and follow-up progress reporting in 2018.


G20 Leaders, Hangzhou, 4-5 September 2016, para 31

We recognize that the structural problems, including excess capacity in some industries, exacerbated by a weak global economic recovery and depressed market demand, have caused a negative impact on trade and workers. We recognize that excess capacity in steel and other industries is a global issue which requires collective responses. We also recognize that subsidies and other types of support from government or government-sponsored institutions can cause market distortions and contribute to global excess capacity and therefore require attention. We commit to enhance communication and cooperation, and take effective steps to address the challenges so as to enhance market function and encourage adjustment. To this end, we call for increased information sharing and cooperation through the formation of a Global Forum on steel excess capacity, to be facilitated by the OECD with the active participation of G20 members and interested OECD members. We look forward to a progress report on the efforts of the Global Forum to the relevant G20 ministers in 2017.


G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, Chengdu, 23-24 July 2016, para 5

We recognize that the structural problems, including excess capacity in some industries, exacerbated by a weak global economic recovery and depressed market demand, have caused a negative impact on trade and workers. We recognize that excess capacity in steel and other industries is a global issue which requires collective responses. We also recognize that subsidies and other types of support from governments or government-sponsored institutions can cause market distortions and contribute to global excess capacity and therefore require attention. We commit to enhance communication and cooperation, and take effective steps to address the challenges so as to enhance market function and encourage adjustment. The G20 steelmaking economies will participate in the global community’s actions to address global excess capacity, including by participating in the OECD Steel Committee meeting scheduled for September 8-9, 2016 and discussing the feasibility of forming a Global Forum as a cooperative platform for dialogue and information sharing on global capacity developments and on policies and support measures taken by governments.


G20 Trade Ministers, Shanghai, 9-10 July, 2016, para 10

We recognize that the structural problems, including excess capacity in some industries, exacerbated by a weak global economic recovery and depressed market demand, have caused a negative impact on trade and workers. We recognize that excess capacity in steel and other industries is a global issue which requires collective responses. We also recognize that subsidies and other types of support from governments or government-sponsored institutions can cause market distortions and contribute to global excess capacity and therefore require attention. We commit to enhance communication and cooperation, and take effective steps to address the challenges so as to enhance market function and encourage adjustment. The G20 steelmaking economies will participate in the global community’s actions to address global excess capacity, including by participating in the OECD Steel Committee meeting scheduled for September 8-9, 2016 and discussing the feasibility of forming a Global Forum as a cooperative platform for dialogue and information sharing on global capacity developments and on policies and support measures taken by governments.