Executive Decree signed a US President yesterday (13.6.2025) Donald Trumpwhich concerns the merger of the US company steel US Steel and Nippon Steel’s Japanese competitor, and more specific guarantees for US national security.
This decree puts an end to the many years of economic and political series around the acquisition, compared to $ 14.9 billion (including debts) initially agreed in December 2023, after Donald Trump eventually convened May 23 in the conclusion of “corporate”.
The deal, which has not been made public details, will allow “US Steel to remain American and maintain its headquarters in the great city of Pittsburg” in Pennsylvania, as Trruth Social assured Trump.
However, there were open dimensions to US national security, which exiled its democratic predecessor Joe Biden from preventing the merger on January 3, a few weeks before handing over power. Although he himself had opposed, during the election campaign, Donald Trump announced in early April that he had been reviewing the plan.
Yesterday’s executive decree stipulates that the acquisition will be “coordinated” with the US Department of Commerce, including US state entities, and with the “National Security Agreement” agreement.
However, the text once again does not give clarification on the content of that “National Security Agreement”.
In his decree, the president said that “there were credible evidence” that led him to conclude that Nippon Steel would “could take actions that would threaten US national security”.
However, the Foreign Investment Committee (CFIUS), responsible for assessing the impact on US national security in cases of acquisitions of US companies by foreign groups, suggested clauses to “eliminate the risk” the risk, explained the decree in the decree.