TOKYO -- Investors who took Nippon Steel's $14 billion-plus bid for U.S. Steel as a buy sign are now seeing another kind of signal: the blinking yellow light of political risk.
Reverse breakup fee becomes possibility as takeover faces political opposition
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has aired his opposition to Nippon Steel's takeover of U.S. Steel. © Reuters
TOKYO -- Investors who took Nippon Steel's $14 billion-plus bid for U.S. Steel as a buy sign are now seeing another kind of signal: the blinking yellow light of political risk.