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 Corp. closed its $14.1 billion acquisition of United States Steel Corp., bringing an end to a bruising takeover battle that was embroiled in American politics for months until finally gaining support from U.S. President Donald Trump.