Harris to oppose sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese firm during Pittsburgh event

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to use Monday's joint campaign appearance with President Biden in the industrial city of Pittsburgh to say that U.S. Steel should remain domestically owned — coinciding with the White House's earlier opposition to the company's planned sale to Nippon Steel of Japan.

Harris "is expected to say that U.S. Steel should remain domestically owned and operated and stress her commitment to always have the backs of American steel workers," a campaign official said. This continues Mr. Biden's stance made in spring, when he opposed the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan, saying American steel companies should be powered by American workers. 

"U.S. Steel has been an iconic American company for more than a century and it should remain a totally American company," Mr. Biden said during an April visit to the United Steelworkers headquarters. "American-owned, American-operated by American union steelworkers, the best in the world. And that's going to happen. I promise you."