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...Since Nippon Steel agreed to buy US Steel for $14.9bn in mid-December, the deal has faced a bipartisan backlash in Washington against the sale of a US manufacturing icon to a foreign entity....
...“[Cfius] can and should block the acquisition of US Steel by NSC, a company whose allegiances clearly lie with a foreign state and whose record in the United States is deeply flawed,” wrote JD Vance of Ohio...
...She is also set on Wednesday to unveil a probe into unfair practices in the Chinese shipbuilding industry, following a petition from United Steelworkers....
...Investors cheered, with shares in US Steel rising 26.1 per cent the day it was announced. But the merger is opposed by the United Steelworkers labour union....
...cent as the president tries to shore up support among union workers in Pennsylvania ahead of November’s election....
...Nippon Steel has already pledged to honour collective bargaining agreements and other employee commitments with the union, which represents 850,000 US manufacturing workers....
...“[Cfius] can and should block the acquisition of US Steel by NSC, a company whose allegiances clearly lie with a foreign state and whose record in the United States is deeply flawed,” the senators wrote....
...On Wednesday he vowed to keep US Steel in American ownership, and called for higher tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium imports in a bid to shore up support with unions....
...The United Steelworkers union, which is also based in Pittsburgh and represents 1mn workers, has opposed the deal and Biden’s rival Donald Trump has called the takeover “horrible” and said he would oppose...
...The deal drew a furious response from the United Steelworkers union, which said that neither US Steel nor Nippon Steel had consulted it....
...Steelworkers, the union that represents the workers....
...The United States has repeatedly urged Israel to deconflict their military operations against Hamas with humanitarian operations, in order to avoid civilian casualties,” he added....
...You know, these are rather nakedly populist messages for steel workers in a bid to secure the backing of the union and the votes of their many members....
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...But US Steel hasn’t been that US Steel for more than half a century....
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