Senators Brown, Vance, and Casey are right to sound the alarm on why Nippon’s acquisition of U.S. Steel poses a serious threat to American national and economic security.
Despite spending over $600 billion on prescription drugs, the number of drugs in shortage rose to a near-record total of 301 active medication shortages at the end of 2023.
Tariffs that began in 2018 have not destroyed the U.S. economy. The stock market did not crash. Tariffs weren’t the cause of inflation either. And many manufacturing industries from kitchen cabinets in Alabama to solar in Ohio are thriving because of them.
CPA welcomed a petition filed by five national labor unions with the U.S. Trade Representative requesting an investigation into China’s predatory trade actions in the shipbuilding sector.
“Our tax code is supposed to support American manufacturers in building out genuine domestic supply chains. It shouldn’t be exploited by the Chinese Communist Party,” said Brown.
Despite the best efforts of Ambassador Tai and others, it’s time for our lawmakers and the administration to take punitive action and address Mexico’s blatant disregard of the trade agreement.
The Nippon Steel proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel has the United Steelworkers Union (USW) worried that, eventually, integrated steel mills will be closed in favor of imports from Japan.
Go to U.S. Steel’s website and it looks like a done deal: Nippon Steel, the fourth largest steel producer in the world, is already the assumed new owner of America’s oldest, most storied steel company, formed in 1901 when J.P. Morgan financed the merger of three steel companies.