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Stop the steel

2024/9/12
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David J. Lynch: 美国钢铁公司（U.S. Steel）虽然历史悠久，但近年来财务状况不佳，因此寻求出售。日本制钢所（Nippon Steel）提出收购要约，但遭到美国钢铁工人工会和拜登政府的反对。拜登政府的反对理由主要基于政治考量，即为了争取宾夕法尼亚州等关键摇摆州的工会选民的支持，而非真正的国家安全担忧。虽然美国外国投资委员会（CFIUS）正在审查这笔交易，并指出了国家安全问题，但这些问题并未得到充分的解释，且日本是美国的盟友。工会反对收购的原因是担心日本制钢所的贸易行为会损害美国钢铁行业的利益，以及对交易谈判过程的不满。如果交易失败，美国钢铁公司将面临严重的财务问题。这笔交易的结果将影响外国投资者对美国的投资信心，并可能加剧经济民族主义的趋势。拜登政府的贸易政策与特朗普政府的保护主义政策有相似之处，但同时也采取了一些国内投资措施来加以区分。

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Once the world's largest corporation, the now-struggling US Steel wants to sell itself to Japan's Nippon Steel. The United Steelworkers oppose the deal, and President Biden is backing the union. The Washington Post's David Lynch explains how the steel giant's future became an election-year issue.

This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King.

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