MEPS's new Market in Minutes podcast explores how challenges faced by Europe’s steelmakers and automotive manufacturers will raise the stakes in annual steel contract price negotiations between the two sectors in the coming months. 

The latest episode sees Professor David Bailey, professor of business economics at the University of Birmingham’s Birmingham Business School, Jato Dynamics global automotive analyst Felip Munoz, and MEPS head of research Stuart Gray share their insight with MEPS managing editor Tom Sharpe.

Among the topics explored in MEPS’s European automotive-themed episode of Speaking of Steel are: 

• Faltering demand for cars and the sustainability of Europe’s auto sector 
• Are tariffs the answer? The growing market share of Chinese-made vehicles 
• JLR’s recent cyber attack and the impact on the automotive supply chain 
• What is the most likely outcome of automotive steel contract negotiations for 2026?