President Joe Biden blocked the $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel on Friday — something he had first vowed to do in March. His decision comes after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States,

Nippon Steel said it wouldn't be deterred by Biden’s decision last week to block its $15 billion bid for the storied U.S. steelmaker.

There are two separate lawsuits, including one against rival Cleveland-Cliffs and the president of United Steelworkers.

A dramatic improvement in the prospects for United States Steel (NYSE: X) being sold to a foreign buyer led to a rally in the stock on the last trading day of the year. The storied industrial stock closed Tuesday nearly 10% higher in price on the back of the news.

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Rise of US Steel Paralleled the Arrival of the United States on the World Stage President Joe Biden blocked the $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel on Friday ...

Japan-based Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion deal for its U.S. peer hangs in the balance, following objections from the Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

By the mid-1980s, the U.S. steel industry produced just about 11% of steel used globally as economic growth in developed countries slowed. By then, the United States was importing more than 25% of ...

"In a free market, politics should not get involved when determining the merits of a business transaction, particularly when the parties are from respectable companies."

Biden said he blocked the $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel on the grounds the sale was a threat to national security.

In dual lawsuits filed Jan. 6, U.S. Steel Corp. and Nippon Steel Corp. blame the Biden administration's politicizing its national-security review as well as the behind-the-scenes actions by rival Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and United Steelworkers International President David McCall for scuttling the $14.9 billion deal.