Biden Blocks Nippon Steel's Acquisition of U.S. Steel Citing National Security

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the proposed $14 billion deal for Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel and urged President-elect Donald Trump to support the deal ahead of President Biden's decision to block the acquisition.

Pompeo added that while he hoped Biden would allow the deal to go forward, if the White House were to block the deal that he hoped that the incoming Trump administration, which has also expressed opposition to the deal, would "reconsider for the workers of Pennsylvania, who nearly all favor this transaction moving forward, everybody but the senior union liberal leadership… It's good for the community and the Mon Valley." The president's decision comes after U.S.

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