ASIA STEEL FOCUS: Taiwanese ban on Chinese steel could disrupt regional trade flow

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A potential ban on Chinese steel imports by Taiwan could disrupt trade flows in Asia, with the stainless steel segment set to be hardest hit, market sources told Metal Bulletin this week."The ban is necessary so that Taiwan can start negotiations with the United States to be exempted from the [country's] Section 232 tariffs [on steel and aluminium imports]," a Taiwanese trader said.