Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation announced that it has finalised its US$ 15 billion takeover US Steel Corporation, to form a world-leading steelmaker with “best-in-class technologies and manufacturing capabilities.

"President Trump has secured a perpetual Golden Share as part of Nippon Steel's acquisition of US Steel," US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick wrote in a social media post on X

Nippon Steel completes its purchase of U.S. Steel after more than a year and half of high-stakes negotiations and national security concerns.