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🗓️ 28 October 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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We look at how some leaders in the battleground state of Pennsylvania are fighting for the approval of a deal for a Japanese company to purchase US Steel Corporation. That’s despite strong opposition from the unions and both presidential candidates.
(Picture: Edgar Thompson Plant in Braddock, PA. Credit: Getty Images/Washington Post)
Presented and produced by Monica Miller
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0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to Business Daily on the BBC World Service with me, Monica Miller. |
0:06.7 | On today's episode, U.S. Steel should remain American-owned and American operator. |
0:13.6 | We are also going to keep U.S. steel right here in America. |
0:20.0 | The two candidates running for U.S. President don't agree on much. |
0:23.6 | But both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris say, a deal to sell an |
0:28.9 | American industrial icon to a Japanese company will be blocked if they get into office. |
0:34.7 | But some instills historic home of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania say this investment |
0:39.0 | is the lifeline they've been waiting for. A lot of people that are against this sale don't |
0:43.8 | understand the ramifications of not accepting this deal. That's the battle over steel and the future |
0:50.1 | of U.S. manufacturing, all coming up on today's program. |
1:03.3 | It's a rainy Sunday afternoon at CityWorks Eatery and Poorhouse in downtown Pittsburgh. |
1:08.3 | Sports fans of the home team are watching an away game against the Indiana Colts. |
1:13.8 | After three wins in a row, there's a somber mood in the bar. |
1:16.3 | The Steelers are down going into halftime. |
1:21.4 | Lifelong fan, Jeff High School, is asking for a new coach. |
1:26.9 | He's kind of ruined the team, but I'm not going to root for another team. |
1:30.4 | I'm rooting for the Steelers to correct their ways and maybe replace him with a more appropriately qualified coach. |
1:37.8 | Amanda Boyle and her partner are snacking on nachos and beers. |
1:41.9 | She says they take their local teams seriously. |
1:46.7 | I've never played sports, but I love sports. I grew up around boys and like my whole life, and sports has always been like a very, very important part of my life. |
1:54.7 | Pittsburgh was made up of close-knit families when she was growing up. |
1:58.3 | Even just right where I live, it used to be mainly, you know, small coal mining houses. |
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