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In reply to the discussion: Pa.'s Fetterman wants to block U.S. Steel sale to Japanese firm; Casey calls it 'bad deal' [View all]
live love laugh
(16,369 posts)33. Saying that "times have changed" is so obvious that it's meaningless and irrelevant.
To attempt to make sense of the obvious, your allusions SEEMED to point to the lack of need.
Since you admit there IS a need, I ask you once again how giving away domestic business will “help to modernize a lagging and outdated steel industry and to help us to remain competitive in the domestic and global market.”
It may help Japan who is an ally but, America needs a strengthened manufacturing base.
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Pa.'s Fetterman wants to block U.S. Steel sale to Japanese firm; Casey calls it 'bad deal' [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Dec 2023
OP
Nippon Steel agreed to keep all collective bargaining agreements in place and to keep the USS HQ in Pittsburgh.
Axelrods_Typewriter
Dec 2023
#1
I don't know, could it be they sold the Fremont factory because of the Union contract? By the way
doc03
Dec 2023
#13
They sold it because it was too far from their supply chains that are centered around the midwest
Axelrods_Typewriter
Dec 2023
#14
Oh come on. Cleveland Cliffs is not a foreign company & Goncalves has lived in the US for decades
mathematic
Dec 2023
#37
The Steelmaking part of Cleveland Cliffs is by far the majority of its income.
former9thward
Dec 2023
#39
No it's not a "bad deal". The US steel industry is lagging and in need of help.
Oopsie Daisy
Dec 2023
#5
That is the bullshit we heard when the Russian oligarch took over our company, none of
doc03
Dec 2023
#8
As I remember the same Russian oligarch Alexy Mordachov {Severstal} was involved with
doc03
Dec 2023
#11
How are they going to fill that order book? USS makes 15x more steel than Japan as a whole exports here.
mathematic
Dec 2023
#38
The domestic steel industry plays a crucial role producing military defense equipment.
live love laugh
Dec 2023
#15
This isn't the 1940's ... WWII (and WWI) are in the past. That's a tired old chestnut.
Oopsie Daisy
Dec 2023
#24
Wow. Steel is no longer needed for the military artillery? Says .... you?
live love laugh
Dec 2023
#27
" This isn't the 1940's ... WWII (and WWI) are in the past. That's a tired old chestnut."
live love laugh
Dec 2023
#31
It's easy to see that what you quoted (just now) is not a match to what you previously claimed I said.
Oopsie Daisy
Dec 2023
#32
Saying that "times have changed" is so obvious that it's meaningless and irrelevant.
live love laugh
Dec 2023
#33
You can't explain YOUR point that selling off the steel industry benefits the US so you have "had enough."
live love laugh
Dec 2023
#42