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Mike Bird

@birdyword

Asia business & finance editor @TheEconomist. Co-host of our Money Talks podcast. Just a lad from Leeds with a lust for markets, economics and history.

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US Steel's ownership is a powerful political symbol. But that's true in both directions. I've heard this case raised in dozens of convos with Asian businesses/officials, as an example of their concerns that growing US protectionist instincts go beyond competition with China.

US Steel's ownership is a powerful political symbol.

But that's true in both directions. I've heard this case raised in dozens of convos with Asian businesses/officials, as an example of their concerns that growing US protectionist instincts go beyond competition with China.