Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensus

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Biden has 15 days to reach a final decision, the White House said

JOSH BOAK, MARC LEVY and ASHRAF KHALILThe Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States sent its long-awaited report to President Biden, a longtime opponent of the deal.A powerful government panel on Monday failed to reach a consensus on the possible national security risks of a, leaving the decision to President Joe Biden, who opposes the deal.

Both Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have courted unionized workers at U.S. Steel and vowed to block the acquisition amid concerns about foreign ownership of a flagship American company. The economic risk, however, is giving up Nippon Steel's potential investments in the mills and upgrades that might help preserve steel production within the United States.

Trump has also opposed the acquisition and vowed earlier this month on his Truth Social platform to "block this deal from happening." He proposed reviving U.S. Steel's flagging fortunes "through a series of Tax Incentives and Tariffs." Nippon Steel said Tuesday that it had been informed by CFIUS that it had referred the case to Biden, and urged him to "reflect on the great lengths that we have gone to to address any national security concerns that have been raised and the significant commitments we have made to grow U. S. Steel, protect American jobs, and strengthen the entire American steel industry, which will enhance American national security.

Nippon Steel pledged to invest $2.7 billion in United Steelworkers-represented facilities, including U.S. Steel's blast furnaces, and promised not to import steel slabs that would compete with the blast furnaces. The proposed sale came during a tide of renewed political support for rebuilding America's manufacturing sector, a presidential campaign in which Pennsylvania was a prime battleground, and a long stretch of protectionist U.S. tariffs that analysts say has helped reinvigorate domestic steel.

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