The US President blocked the $14.1 billion deal citing national security concerns, sparking tensions between the US and Japan.
Shares in Nippon Steel Corp. dipped on Monday, the first day of trading since US President Joe Biden blocked the Japanese company’s planned $14.1 billion takeover of United States Steel Corp. Biden had already expressed his opposition to the deal, but he announced his decision formally on Friday, days after the case was referred to him by a US security review panel.
In a written statement, he said the takeover would have placed a major steel producer under foreign control, creating a risk to critical supply chains. US Steel and Nippon Steel said in a joint statement that there was no evidence of a national security threat, describing the decision as political. They intend to challenge the order, which would be a difficult path and one likely to significantly extend a months-long tussle over a US industrial giant that has raised tensions between the US and its close ally Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the controversy has caused concerns among Japanese companies over future bilateral investments. “We would like to strongly urge the US government to take steps to dispel these concerns,” Ishiba said on Monday. “They also need to clearly explain why there are security concerns. We are allies, but in terms of our future relationship, the points I have just mentioned are extremely important.” Washington’s final verdict was not a shock, said Shoji Hirakawa, chief global strategist at Tokai Tokyo Intelligence Lab. “President Biden had expressed his opposition to the deal for some time, and the market had factored in this possibility,” he said, adding President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office later this month, would “likely maintain this stance as well.” Nippon Steel shares were down 0.8 percent at 3,158 yen at the close in Tokyo, slightly less than the Nikkei 225 benchmark index’s decline. Shares earlier fell as much as 2.3 percen
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