This report was prepared by the OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate (STI), under the leadership of Jerry Sheehan, STI Director, Jens Lundsgaard, STI Deputy Director, Stephan Raes, Head of the Structural and Industry Policy Division, and Sebastian Ordelheide, Head of Communications.
The report was prepared by Peter Avery, consultant, Anthony de Carvalho, Head of the Steel Unit, and Maika Sakamoto, Junior Economist/Policy Analyst in the Steel Unit, based on declassified work by the OECD Steel Committee. Current and previous members of the Steel Unit (Aryan Agarwal, Adrien Corneille, Luciano Giua, Danhak Gu, Claire Hoffmann, Gianpiero Mattera, Fabien Mercier, Masanobu Nakamizu, Elyas Pannetier, Pieter Parmentier, Rodrigo Pazos, Michele Rimini, Cécile Seguineaud, Yuto Takada, and Lenka Wildnerova) either authored or contributed to the original research and analysis brought together in this report. Julie Harris provided editorial support and Tara Hermans, Juliana Gonzalez and Anna Lockwood assisted with the production of this report.
The authors wish to provide a special dedication to delegates of the Steel Committee, who provided very helpful comments on previous drafts of this report, as well as Peter Avery and Wolfgang Hübner for their unwavering efforts over the years to promote a level playing field in the global steel sector.