Odkar so ZDA marca 2002 za celo vrsto jeklenih izdelkov uvedle zaščitne ukrepe, so Evropska skupnost in mnoge države (vključno z Bolgarijo, Kanado, Kitajsko, Češko, Madžarsko, Indijo, Indonezijo, Malezijo, Mehiko in Poljsko), ki so bile zaskrbljene zaradi možnega vpliva teh in predhodnih ukrepov na svetovni trg jekla, seveda sprožile zaščitne preiskave v zvezi z vrsto jeklenih izdelkov.
Indeed, since the imposition of safeguard measures across a broad range of steel products by the US in March 2002, the European Community and many countries (including Bulgaria, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico and Poland) concerned by the possible impact of those and earlier measures on the world steel market, have initiated safeguard investigations relating to a range of steel products.