2.12 美国工业新动力： 合金力显与坚实盟友.docxVIP

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Americanindustry：Alloysandallies

Us?steel?hasfewgoodoptionswithoutaNippondeal

【1】TOMAKE?steel?pliant?enoughtobeshapedintopartsforcarsandplanes,itmustfirstbe?heated?untilit?glows?cherryred.That,?incidentally,mayhavebeenthecolourofDavidBurritt’sfacewhenJoeBidenblockedthe?purchase?ofUS?steel?byNippon?steel,aJapanesefirm,onJanuary?3rd.MrBurritt,theAmericansteelmaker’sboss,?issued?an?incandescent?statement?callingthepresident’sdecision“shameful?and?corrupt”and?accusing?himofhelpingChina.PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished

【2】Thatthe?purchase?wassupportedbothbyUS?steel’smanagementandmanyofits?employees?wasnotenoughtowinoverMrBiden.NorwereNippon’s?pledges?tohandout$5,000?eachtoworkersandgivetheAmericangovernmentadecade-long?veto?onproductioncuts.SellingAmerica’sthird-largeststeelmakertoa?rival?froman?allied?countrywouldhardlyhave?posed?athreattonationalsecurity,asMrBiden?claimed.Butthedecisiontoblockthe?takeover?isentirely?consistent?withthe?protectionist?moodinWashingtonthatissetto?intensify?underDonaldTrump,whoalsovowedtoblockthedeal.WheredoesthatleaveUS?steel?

【3】Thecompany’sfirstresponsehasbeentocallthe?lawyers.OnJanuary?6thUS?steel?andNippon?jointly?announcedtwo?lawsuits.Oneasksthecourtto?overturn?MrBiden’sdecisiononthebasisitwasdonefor“purely?politicalreasons”,ratherthanfornationalsecurity.Italso?accuses?theCommitteeonForeignInvestmentintheUnitedStates,America’s?inbound-investmentwatchdog,ofnotconductingalawfulreview(thecommitteehadfailedtoreacha?consensus?onwhetherthedeal?posed?anational-securitythreat,referringthedecisiontoMrBiden).PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished

【4】Thesecondlawsuitis?aimed?atCleveland-Cliffs,a?ri