Now that a Japanese company has dropped its plan to buy U.S. Steel, Granite City Works in the Metro East remains in limbo.
President Donald Trump said Friday that Japanese-based Nippon wouldn’t continue its bid to buy U.S. Steel and will instead invest in the American steel giant, the Associated Press reported.
Earlier this year, then-President Joe Biden blocked the deal and Trump also remained opposed to it. Leaders of both major political parties objected to the nearly $15 billion deal on national security grounds…