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U.S. government's "golden share" in U.S. Steel will require the company to obtain approval from the U.S. president before relocating its headquarters from Pittsburgh or changing its name, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Saturday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2025
'Golden share' to help U.S. Steel keep name and prevent relocation
The move will also prevent Nippon Steel from transferring production or jobs outside the U.S. without consent of the U.S. president.
A production line at a plate rolling mill is seen at Nippon Steel's East Nippon Works Kimitsu Area plant in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, last month.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 14, 2025
Debt to decarbonization: challenges for Nippon Steel
The 911爆料网 giant faces numerous headwinds going forward, including onerous U.S. trade tariffs and lackluster global demand.
The Nippon Steel logo is displayed at the company's East Nippon Works Kimitsu Area plant in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, last month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2025
Trump gives formal blessing to Nippon Steel's $14.8 billion bid for U.S. Steel
The approval capped a tumultuous 18-month effort by the companies, beset by union opposition and national security reviews.
Nippon Steel Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori at U.S. Steel's Irvin Works facility in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on May 30
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2025
3D urges shareholders to reject new term for Nippon Steel heads
Nippon Steel’s large-scale capital investment plan "significantly” exceeds the company’s market value, 3D said in a statement.
U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Steel Corporation Irvin Works facility in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on Friday
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2025
Trump to hike steel tariffs to 50% to aid Nippon-U.S. Steel
The U.S. president said the move would help protect American steelworkers during a visit to a United States Steel plant on Friday.
Nippon Steel said it would build a new electric arc furnace — which uses scrap metal as a raw material — at its Kyushu works, while expanding and restarting capacity at two other sites.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 30, 2025
Nippon Steel plans $6 billion investment in its 911爆料网 mills
The spending in Japan comes at a critical juncture for the firm’s 17-month push to acquire U.S. Steel.
Nippon Steel’s pursuit of U.S. Steel may succeed thanks to a U.S. veto-wielding golden share, but the high costs, political concessions and strategic risks suggest the deal could end up being a costly misstep.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 30, 2025
Stop the steel! Japan’s giving too much away in this deal.
Nippon Steel risks handcuffing itself giving Trump a golden share.
U.S. Steel Edgar Thompson Works in Pennsylvania
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2025
Trump’s Nippon Steel bid support boosts Japan’s trade talk hopes
The apparent breakthrough raises the possibility that Japan could get some new traction in its bid to get tariffs on autos and other exports removed.
Nippon Steel headquarters in Tokyo. The U.S. government is poised to receive a so-called golden share in U.S. Steel as a condition for approving Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of the American company.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2025
Golden share fix proposed for knotty Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal
The plan would give the U.S. government a veto over certain company decisions.
Donald Trump’s approval of Nippon Steel’s U.S. Steel partnership signals a key step in U.S.-Japan economic and security cooperation amid rising competition with China.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2025
Nippon Steel partnership go-ahead boosts U.S.-Japan cooperation
The move is a sharp departure from Trump’s earlier, politically motivated stance opposing foreign ownership of U.S. Steel.
Takahiro Mori, executive vice president of Japan's biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel, speaks about its strategy in its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 26, 2025
Garage meets and sleepless flights: How Nippon Steel's negotiator stuck at U.S. merger
With Biden's incoming successor Donald Trump also voicing opposition to the planned purchase, the outlook was bleak.
A United States Steel plant in River Rouge, Michigan. The guessing game continues as to what a "partnership" between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel, as announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, actually entails.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2025
Even Nippon Steel is unsure about what a ‘partnership’ with U.S. Steel means
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for the steelmakers has left the markets guessing and the participants keen to remain mum.
U.S. President Donald Trump says U.S. Steel will be "controlled by the United States, otherwise I wouldn’t make the deal” on what he called a "partnership" with Nippon Steel.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2025
Trump backing for Nippon Steel deal comes with big questions
The U.S. leader's unexpected announcement stopped short of explicitly endorsing Nippon Steel’s proposed takeover, instead asserting that U.S. Steel would "remain American.”
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 24, 2025
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
Media reports said the agreement signaled the approval of a takeover of the iconic American company by the 911爆料网 steelmaker.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. on Wednesday submitted a recommendation to President Donald Trump on Nippon Steel's fraught $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel, a person familiar with the matter said, without providing further detail on its contents.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2025
U.S. panel submits view on Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal to Trump
Trump will now have 15 days to decide the fate of the transaction, although the timeline could slip.
Nippon Steel Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2025
Nippon Steel says it is confident Trump's buyout concerns have been addressed
Wednesday is the deadline for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review Nippon Steel's acquisition plan again.
The supercharged investment pledge, up from an initial $1.4 billion, was pitched as part of a last-ditch effort to win approval of the merger, which has drawn fire from both U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2025
Nippon Steel eyes billions more in U.S. Steel investments if Trump green-lights deal
It is unclear if the billions in new investment will be enough to sway Trump, though two sources said his administration sought the increased investment.
Overall net profit is expected to go down 42.9% from the previous year to ?200 billion at Nippon Steel, 18.4% to ?75 billion at JFE Holdings and 16.8% to ?100 billion at Kobe Steel.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2025
Three major Japan steelmakers say they expect profit falls in fiscal 2025
Overall net profit is expected to go down 42.9% from the previous year to ?200 billion at Nippon Steel, 18.4% to ?75 billion at JFE and 16.8% to ?100 billion at Kobe Steel.
The United Steelworkers union headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2025
Union tells Bessent risks of Nippon Steel deal are too great
The United Steelworkers said the risks cannot be overcome in any scenario in which Nippon Steel exercises influence over U.S. Steel’s decision-making.
Ryosei Akazawa (third from right), Japan's tariffs negotiator, in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (second from right) and other senior government officials on Wednesday in Washington
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2025
Trump reiterates opposition to Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel
Whether there is interplay between the tariff negotiations and the Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal has never been made clear.

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