Symposium on Nippon Steel and the New Era in US-Japan Economic Relations

The Symposium on Nippon Steel and the New Era in US-Japan Economic Relations is a collection of essays in the USALI East-West Studies series. Nippon Steel’s acquisition of the once-great American steelmaker closed on June 18, 2025, after recovering from a near-death experience. The symposium analyzes whether the US government’s national security review of the transaction was politicized or whether the definition of “national security” has broadened; differences between American and Japanese views of the transaction; and possible impacts of the entire episode on the wider US-Japan economic relationship. Some of the essays previously appeared in USALI Perspectives and were written while the transaction’s fate was still undetermined. Read more.