Vice Trade Minister Park Jung-sung met with his European Union (EU) counterpart Wednesday and addressed concerns over the EU's push for stronger steel safeguard measures and battery regulations, officials said. In the Seoul meeting with Denis Redonnet, director general for trade and economic security at the European Commission (EC), Park raised concerns over the EU's plan to reduce tariff-free quotas on foreign steel by 47 percent starting June 2026, calling for the maximum export quota for Korean steelmakers, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources. Park also asked for consistency and predictability in the EU's push for battery regulations, stressing that Korean companies have made massive investment in Hungary, Poland and other European nations to help the economy bolster its advanced battery manufacturing capabilities and supply chains. He also called for the EU's "fair" investigation into the Czech Republic's nuclear power plant project, secured by Seoul, stressing that the Korean government and companies have not violated any foreign subsidy regulations during th