ハリス氏、ＵＳスチール買収に反対　終盤戦、ラストベルトで攻勢―米大統領選

　【ワシントン時事】米民主党のハリス副大統領（５９）は２日、１１月の大統領選に向け「ラストベルト（さび付いた工業地帯）」に位置する東・中西部の激戦２州で選挙集会を開いた。東部ペンシルベニア州ピッツバーグの演説で、鉄鋼大手ＵＳスチールは「国内で所有、運営され続けるべきだ」と述べ、日本製鉄による買収計画に反対を表明。終盤戦のカギを握る労働者票の獲得に向け、鉄鋼労働者を支援する姿勢を明確にした。
　２日はレーバーデー（労働者の日）。夏休みが明け、政治に関心が薄い有権者も選挙を意識し始めるため、この日を境に各陣営の攻防が本格化する。ハリス氏は中西部ミシガン州デトロイトで労組幹部と登壇し、「組合が強ければ米国も強くなる」と強調。労働運動を支える法整備を約束した。（2024/09/03-08:38）

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris expressed her opposition to the planned acquisition of United States Steel Corp. by Japan's Nippon Steel Corp., during a campaign stop in the industrial city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
   "I couldn't agree more with President (Joe) Biden, U.S. Steel should remain American-owned and American-operated," Harris, the Democratic candidate for November's U.S. presidential election, said in her speech, showing support for steelworkers.
   The acquisition is strongly opposed by the United Steelworkers union. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has repeatedly vowed to block the acquisition.
   Both the Harris and Trump campaigns jostle for votes from steelworkers and other blue-collar workers in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, where U.S. Steel is based.
   Nippon Steel had pushed back its goal of completing the acquisition from September to December after the presidential election, but prospects for the deal have been increasingly uncertain.