By Javi West Larrañaga

(Reuters) -The boss of Spanish steelmaker Acerinox praised on Friday recently announced steel import quotas by the European Commission but said the company was working to get the measures adopted more quickly.

“We are pushing and trying to accelerate the process as much as we can,” Chief Executive Officer Bernardo Velazquez said on a call with analysts, suggesting the measures should come into place as early as April 2026, before the current ones expire at the end of June.

“We can say that we are very close to having the protection that we were dreaming and asking for for so many years,” Velazquez said, referring to the U.S. tariffs of 50% on steel and the import quotas in the EU.

The measures will put Acerinox on a level-playing-field with non-European competito

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