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Callum Jones in New York

Trump warms to Nippon Steel, backing ‘partnership’ with US Steel

an exterior view of a steel factory
US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on 9 September 2024. Photograph: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind a “partnership” between US Steel and Nippon Steel, months after insisting he was “totally against” a $14.9bn bid by the Japanese firm for its US rival.

While the US president stopped short of an all-out endorsement of the takeover, he announced a deal between the two businesses on social media on Friday.

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