GFSEC Ministerials
Paris, 8 June 2023
- GFSEC Ministerial meeting to discuss rising excess capacity challenges
- Ministerial meeting summary
- Ministerial statement (English)
- Ministerial statement (French)
Rome, 1 October 2021
Paris, 26 October 2020
Tokyo, 26 October 2019
Paris, 20 September 2018
Berlin, 30 November 2017
Meetings
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
2024
May: GFSEC working level meeting
27-28 March: GFSEC working level meeting
27 March: GFSEC workshop with stakeholders
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.