Sunday, January 5, 2025

U.S. Steel's sale to Nippon Steel blocked

US Steel Boss: Biden's Block of Sale Shameful, Corrupt

David Burritt, the president and CEO of U.S. Steel, said Friday that President Joe Biden’s decision to block the company’s sale to a Japanese rival was “shameful” and “corrupt.”

Biden’s long-awaited decision on the deal came in a presidential order posted Friday on the White House website, declaring Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for the U.S. steelmaker “prohibited.”

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Biden was acting on a recommendation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States that the acquisition “would place one of America’s largest steel producers under foreign control and create a risk for our national security and our critical supply chains.”

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Read the Government's Statement

Biden made the correct decision on this one.  Trump's statement below--
"I will use tax incentives and tariffs to make U.S. Steel "Strong and Great Again, and it will happen FAST!"
Donald Trump

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