President Joe Biden issued an executive order Friday blocking the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel, citing national security and supply chain issues.
However, the president’s initial order was wrongly titled, pulling from an executive order he issued in May 2024 regarding blocking a company owned by Chinese investors purchasing land in Cheyenne, Wyoming, due to its proximity to a strategic missile base.
Oops.
White House copy-and-pastes from a previous presidential order on a Chinese real estate transaction and uses it for the Nippon Steel announcement. And forgets to delete the title. pic.twitter.com/8ibeSYujxI
— Ken Moriyasu (@kenmoriyasu) January 3, 2025
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Biden’s order regarding the U.S. Steel purchase by Nippon was later updated with the correct title.
The White House also issued a
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