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15. Embarassing and short sighted. Japan is one of our closest and most important allies.

Fri Jan 3, 2025, 11:25 AM

Jan 3

Jobs won't be saved. More steel won't be made in America. The exact opposite of this will happen. USS for years has made it plain that they don't want to operate the steelmaking they've traditionally done.

The day after Nippon's gives up the fight to acquire USS will be the day USS announces the shutdowns.

This decision harms our relationship with Japan. It makes American made steel more expensive for the detroit automakers. It will result in job losses in western PA. This decision is plainly terrible. Biden didn't want his legacy to include "the end of US Steel". I hope he's happy.

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Biden decides to block U.S. Steel sale to Japanese buyer [View all] NYC Liberal Jan 2 OP

Good! montanacowboy Jan 2 #1

Mike Pompeo was Nippon's chief lobbyist so you know it was a bad thing! displacedvermoter Jan 2 #2

Trump opposed it too, why not let him do it and take the heat? Now if is doc03 Jan 2 #3

What he says and what he does are very different NYC Liberal Jan 2 #4

Bill Clinton rightfully owns NAFTA I fear displacedvermoter Jan 2 #5

Yep GHWB couldn't get it passed. Then Clinton took the ball and ran with it, the Republicans doc03 Jan 3 #12

Deserved, although efforts made by Joe Biden displacedvermoter Jan 3 #14

What heat? Polybius Jan 2 #7

Clinton pushed through the Republican NAFTA, Republicans have used that against us for decades. nt doc03 Jan 3 #11

or maybe Dems will get the credit MadameButterfly Jan 3 #9

Awesome! Polybius Jan 2 #6

From the NYT: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 3 #8

Big, big mistake Deminpenn Jan 3 #10

I worked all my life in the steel industry, who buys US Steel if Nippon doesn't Cleveland Cliffs doc03 Jan 3 #13

Honestly don't understand why Biden Deminpenn Jan 3 #16

Embarassing and short sighted. Japan is one of our closest and most important allies. mathematic Jan 3 #15

A very dumb move - regardless of what some people think the US cannot exist alone walkingman Jan 3 #17

Would Japanese ownership of US Steel been bad? C0RI0LANUS Jan 3 #18