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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Senator John Fetterman vows to block ‘outrageous’ $14.9bn US Steel sale

John Fetterman
John Fetterman, Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, said: ‘I’m going to fight for the steelworkers and their union way of life here as well, too.’ Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

The US senator John Fetterman has vowed to block the multibillion-dollar sale of US Steel to the Japanese company Nippon Steel, calling the potential deal “outrageous”.

The former mayor of the south-west Pennsylvania town of Braddock, which is home to a major US Steel plant, Fetterman has long advocated for the rights of American steel workers and positioned himself as a pro-union Democrat.

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