Biden Blocks $14 Billion U.S. Steel Sale to Japan, Citing National Security

Trump also had opposed the deal during the campaign and recently, saying that he would scuttle it once he got back to the Oval Office.

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U.S. Steel's Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant at Clairton, Pennsylvania. AP/Gene J. Puskar

President Biden is using his final days in office to block a controversial sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese company, making good on his opposition to the proposed purchase by a foreign buyer.

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