The Uk. Trade Policy - What Do We Do Now?

On wednesday, te uk. Government announced it would extend a package of quotas and tariffs on foreign steel. This is principally a safeguard action for an industry that's under pressure from fairly traded products. It won't have an immediate impact on the market, because people are already paying the tariffs. The question that's come up, which prompted aresi nation in the u k, was why they did it anyway?