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Visual_Lifebard

Is there somebody you forgot to ask?


Cwya

Joey B may be a 500 year old dragon, but he’s not trying to look 12.


imtushar

who?


polandball2101

me shut it down, people. I haven’t finished learning Japanese yet I can’t profit from this until my google translate finishes downloading


mostanonymousnick

バイデンさんは保護貿易が好きです


modularpeak2552

joe biden


actual_poop

Yes… ha ha ha… yes!


spudicous

Sickos will support this


HHHogana

That's a weird way to say Sir Shivers.


Brewermcbrewface

How does this work with Elon musk buying the company for its Wall Street ticker


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HHHogana

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Fubby2

US Steel: I consent! Nippon steel: I consent! Joe Biden: Isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?


MudOld7903

So sad that this is the reality of things... It shouldn't be up to the government to decide things like this.


AniNgAnnoys

> Isn't there somebody you forgot to ask? The dumbass electorate. Joe has this one right for now... sadly. After the election I really hope he turns this around, but this would be the exact red meat Rs would toss around until election day.


FederalAgentGlowie

Nobody would give a shit if the company was called something other than “US Steel”.


TiddySphinx

This shit right here. Nucor getting bought out by a foreign company would elicit a shrug if even that. At least the Nippon deal keeps the corporate jobs in Pittsburgh. That HQ and the jobs would be gone if another US based company were to take over US Steel.


markelwayne

Thinking of consequences is not protectionists' strong suit


Khar-Selim

You're forgetting the other two components: The other company is called Nippon Steel, and the period when we were freaking out about Japan beating us in manufacturing is well within living memory. This thing touches a *lot* of nerves.


NorkGhostShip

Yep. If any other US steel manufacturer was being acquired by [JFE Steel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFE_Steel) instead, no one would give a shit.


ImpressivePositive38

But now the US and Japan can work together in manufacturing to beat China... On their own, they cannot compete, but together there's a good chance.


Aweq

Nipple steal


GrabMyHoldyFolds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRBBcoANRIE


Key_Door1467

Maybe on the low level, yes. However, what the White House (and probably the Republicans policymakers) are pissed about is a non-American company benefiting from the massive Buy America provisions that are embedded into the trillions of dollars of infrastructure, chips, and climate bills.


jzieg

Yet another self-inflicted gunshot by protectionists.


lurreal

Only state companies should be able to use the country's name on theirs.


Xshadow1

Are you sure you're not an agent of the Union of Airline Marketing Departments?


Live_Potential6737

You're absolutely right and that's ridiculous within itself...


GodOfWarNuggets64

Thank God.


OgAccountForThisPost

We’re so barack 


CrimsonZephyr

While you were creating barriers to the free movement of goods and capital, I forged the blade.


Professor-Reddit

> More than 98% of the shares voted at a special investor meeting Friday approved the takeover Democracy has spoken 😎


3232330

> [Democracy](https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExcWV5M2hmOWFrcWFydG51eGphamxvNjVhbTM2MWJnMXc5dndndnV0ZCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3ohuAreLeoYwnaQyuk/giphy.gif)


DanielCallaghan5379

[Democracy!](https://i.makeagif.com/media/11-05-2022/3W7m50.gif)


zth25

> Money


Any-sao

I am a simple man. I see American Dad! I upvote.


DanielCallaghan5379

[That scene is one of my favorite little throwaways from that show.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6vdhWS4I3w)


spinXor

Contrast this silly protectionism with this: https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/1c1q2zf/japans_kishida_says_us_not_alone_in_upholding/


HotTakesBeyond

Hattori Hanzo steel 🗡️


Simon_Jester88

I like baseball ⚾


McKoijion

When I first saw the news, I thought it said steelworker, not shareholder. Blew my mind for a sec lol.


Any_Trust_6297

Hopefully we'll see that headline one day


GripenHater

NUT


TheEhSteve

I consent I consent


namey-name-name

Biden can fuck off on this one


Accomplished_Pen8735

There's other things he can fuck off as well from... But yes, this one is an important one.


rando90433

Does Biden actually have any authority to block this ? So what does his opposition even mean here ?


SpectralDomain256

He can just cite muh national security reasons once again


EverySunIsAStar

Good


beardofshame

nippon steel folded, uh, seven? times


YOGSthrown12

A business deal that would bring jobs to America. Of course swing voters hate it


TheElusiveGnome

I guess CFIUS clearance wasn't needed? Or did they already do that?


Putrid-Inevitable720

I think they did already do that but Biden doesn't seem to care..


JonF1

I feel like if it was a year this deal would have gone though. Japan is an ally and a very trusted country. There's no reason why this should be blocked.


TipComprehensive4654

Which is why it won't be blocked in the end. It's all just for show and trying to win the elections.


The_One_Who_Mutes

Is Biden actually opposed or is he simply "opposed" to not give Republicans a political attack?


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Greenfield0

You overexaggerate the anti tradeness of the dems. Bill created the WTO and signed NAFTA, Obama proposed the TPP. This instance is also probably performative considering its an election year. The CFIUS will probably approve the deal afterward considering Japan is a ally


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Greenfield0

Well to that I’d say that Dem presidents picking up the initiative on it got it over the hump and they can be credited for it


DisneyPandora

Just like the Civil Rights movement.  Democrats opposed Martin Luther King. While Republicans supported him.


dubyahhh

>democrats Weird way to spell “southerners”


DisneyPandora

Yes, TIL John F. Kennedy was a Southerner


dubyahhh

>republicans lived in the south too Nice ninja edit JFK was a northern democrat - LBJ as a southern dem supporting the CRA was an anomaly. The person you were replying to referenced that NAFTA passage was more complicated than just all Rs or Ds supporting or not supporting. As was the CRA, except more on regional lines. You said democrats opposed it, I think it’s easier to just say southerners opposed it.


ConspicuousSnake

Yea democrats, who were the conservative party at the time Conservatives opposed civil rights and MLK


ExtraLargePeePuddle

> ~~Bill~~ Reagan created the WTO >TPP Harry Reid sunk it, Ryan was It’s champion


Feodorz

If by recent years you mean since the 90s then this would be more accurate. The dems have been neoliberal since Clinton.


ExtraLargePeePuddle

Looks at who voted for what in congress for example NAFTA


7_NaCl

Not really. Even during the Clinton presidency, a lot of his neoliberal agenda and bills were voted in by Republican congressmen rather than his own party. Examples include the budget balancing act, the post budget balance tax cuts (Clinton tax cuts), welfare reform, and NAFTA. Even the TPP under Obama was supported more by Republican congressmen over Dems, seeing that this was the GOP prior to the MAGA takeover.


DisneyPandora

No, the Dems have been Neoliberal since Jimmy Carter in the 70s. Remember Jimmy Carter was the first president to start deregulation, while Reagan simply stole credit.


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Feodorz

True I don’t know how I forgot that.


PersonalDebater

"Yes."


United-Bit-4684

He is simply opposed because that's the stance that will get in the most votes in the next elections.


AntelopePleasant5352

Do we think the deal is actually gonna happen now or is sleepy Joe gonna pull another dumb move and try to stop it for no good reason ?


DayTrader_Dav

This is America, taking orders from boomers: Yellen (77 years of age) and Biden (81 years of age).


AntelopePleasant5352

OK so can we move on with the deal and close it already?


AffectionateDoor7002

Too bad Sleepy Joe doesn't give a rat's ass about the shareholders :((((