WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in U.S. Steel, so long as the Japanese company complies with a “national security agreement” submitted by the federal government. Trump’s order didn’t detail the terms of the national security agreement.

By Alexandra Alper (Reuters) -U.S President Donald Trump approved Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel on Friday, capping a tumultuous 18-month effort by the companies that survived union opposition and two national security reviews.

The two steel companies list “a golden share to be issued to the U.S. government” among the aspects of what they call a partnership agreement.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday officially giving the green light to Nippon Steel Corporation's multi-billion-dollar purchase of U.S. Steel Corporation.

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday approving U.S. Steel's merger with Japan's Nippon Steel, after the companies signed a national security agreement with the U.S. government.

President Donald Trump has approved a partnership between US Steel and Nippon Steel, the companies said in a release on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that concerns over national security risks posed by Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel can be resolved if the companies fulfill certain conditions that his administration has laid out,

Nippon Steel Corp. won conditional US approval for its $14.1 billion purchase of United States Steel Corp., capping a lengthy saga in a tie-up that will create one of the world’s largest steel companies.

The agreement brings the companies one step closer to completing the $14.3 billion sale of U.S. Steel that the companies agreed to in December 2023.