U.S. Steel and Nippon Boost Investment Bid to Seal Deal With Trump Officials, Reports Semafor

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(GudangMovies21) - Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are currently negotiating a deal aimed at maintaining their $14 billion merger and ensuring additional investments worth billions of dollars from the Japanese company into Rust Belt plants, according to a report by Semafor on Thursday.

During recent discussions with White House representatives, Nippon proposed raising its previous offer of $2.7 billion for upgrading U.S. steel plants to potentially as high as $7 billion, according to the report, which sources close to the situation informed.

Nippon Steel chose not to comment, whereas U.S. Steel did not promptly reply to GudangMovies21's request for comment.

On Monday, Nippon Steel’s president, Tadashi Imai, informed journalists that his firm, being Japan's leading steel producer, along with U.S. Steel, would keep engaging in talks with the American government aimed at finalizing an accord regarding the conditions for purchasing shares and outlining prospective investments in the future.

In February, U.S. President Donald Trump, along with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, stated that Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion proposal for U.S. Steel would be structured as an investment rather than a buyout.

Trump also said in mid-February that he would not mind if Nippon Steel took a minority stake in U.S. Steel.

In December 2023, Nippon Steel, ranking as the globe’s fourth-largest steel producer, proposed a $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. The company assured significant financial commitments toward modernizing outdated facilities and confirmed its intention to maintain the corporate base in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

(Reported by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru; Edited by Alan Barona)

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