Trump clears U.S. Steel sale to Nippon Steel
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The Trump administration will soon ensure that its 50% steel tariffs, which have threatened to make everything containing steel more expensive, will apply to your next fridge or dishwasher.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States had a "golden share" in U.S. Steel as part of a deal for Nippon Steel to buy the iconic American company.
The bulk of expenditures would be made in the next 14 months, he said, and it will create and save more than 100,000 American jobs, including 14,000 in Pennsylvania. As part of the deal, U.S. Steel will maintain all its current operating blast furnaces at full capacity for at least the next 10 years.
The structure of a newly proposed United States Steel and Nippon Steel partnership has yet to be unveiled by either company.
Zhu Keli, founding director of the China Institute of New Economy, said the expansion of steel tariffs will bring about challenges to Chinese household appliance makers in the short term, as some enterprises with high reliance on the US market may witness a decline in export orders.
The United States and Mexico are negotiating a deal to reduce or eliminate President Donald Trump's 50% steel tariffs on imports up to a certain volume, industry and trade sources said on Tuesday. An industry source familiar with the talks said that a likely outcome would include a quota arrangement,
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