Price: Is It Nippon Steel USA or a partnership? And what does that mean for imports?

At the beginning of a steel conference last week in New York, Cleveland-Cliffs Chairman, President, and CEO Lourenco Goncalves referred to the newly acquired U.S. Steel by a completely new name: Nippon Steel USA.

At the end of the same conference, David Burritt proudly claimed that U.S. Steel was a partnership. So, which is it: a partnership or a takeover branded as a partnership? We now have enough information to let everyone reach their own conclusion.

Alan Price

Price has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in high-profile, complex international trade regulatory matters, including trade litigation involving public and government relations issues. In addition to being chair of the firm’s International Trade Practice, he heads the firm’s antidumping and countervailing duty practice. He also counsels clients on bilateral and multilateral agreements, trade legislation, customs regulation, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance issues, escape clause investigations, and World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute resolution.