Will the Japanese enlist Biden to let the Nippon acquisition of U.S. Steel proceed?
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Man of Steel
Today on TAP: President Biden’s blockage of the proposed purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel is unprecedented and magnificently pro-union.
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The Weak Link in Industrial Policy: Corporate Patriotism
When supposed national champions sell out the national interest
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There Goes Another American Icon, but …
Today on TAP: What matters in Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel is what it portends for its workers.
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Biden Admin Hypes Growing Asian Market for American Gas
Biden officials are hawking an Alaska pipeline and gas export complex long seen as uninvestable. They promise skeptical investors sustained market access to Asia.
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Rahm Emanuel’s Gas Pipeline
The Biden administration is promoting a new liquefied natural gas complex on the Pacific Coast, with expanded subsidies from the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Inflation Reduction Act.
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White House Offers Climate Subsidies to Rich Allies
‘The advanced economies are closing in on themselves’
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A Nuclear Cop-Out in Glasgow
If the international community can’t make headway on nuclear energy goals at COP26, when, if ever, is it going to happen?
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Rahm Gets His Ambassadorship—If He Can Get Confirmed
Today on TAP: Biden announces Emanuel for Japan post
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Tokyo’s Empty Olympics
An international extravaganza that pandemic-weary residents did not want—and the scars it will leave behind