Latest SCOOPLET: President Biden will be meeting with 200 steelworkers in Pittsburgh tomorrow, USW President Dave McCall tells me. It comes as questions swirl about the fate of US Steel by a Japanese company. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Biden will speak to 200 union steelworkers tomorrow in Pittsburgh, according to the union leader, as questions swirl about the fate of the purchase of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company.

Story via ⁦Joe Deaux⁩: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US Steel has a grip on the 2024 election

Listen as David Gura untangles how Nippon Steel's bid to buy it came to a halt and how it all fits into Biden and Trump's view of a bygone era in America

w/ Joe Deaux + Josh Wingrove on the Big Take DC podcast

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Excellent read. A steel deal between the US and Japan is caught in an election year fight as Biden and Trump vie for swing-state votes bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Joe Deaux Josh Wingrove

Rep. Chris Deluzio brought a Pennsylvania steelworker, Rob Jones, to Kishida’s speech.

Jones told me wants Biden to block the deal and wants US Steel to remain domestically owned — and also that Nippon could maybe thread the needle by offering worker guarantees.

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The speech came against a backdrop of simmering tension over the sale of US Steel to a Japanese company. Biden has opposed the deal and Kishida has distanced himself from the mess. The union’s voice is key.

A deep dive with Joe Deaux:
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the world needs the US to maintain its key role on the global stage, warning that Ukraine would lose hope and much of Asia would face “harsher realities” without American support.

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This from my Bloomberg colleagues Joe Deaux & Josh Wingrove is the best thing I’ve read on the US Steel saga.

Essential and deeply sourced reporting from inside the board room and on the ground. Journalism at its best.

“Mori was met with eight minutes of silence as the union read the fine print before a reluctant McCall even responded. The talks dissolved in less than an hour, according to people familiar with the discussions.”

Our long read on the U.S. Steel saga

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The Japanese executive sat in silence, for minutes, as union leaders read his olive-branch offer. It wasn't enough. But their blessing holds the key.

With Joe Deaux on how the US Steel saga erupted and now hangs over the Japanese PM's DC visit this week.
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