日鉄幹部、米高官と面会へ　ＵＳスチール買収承認求め―報道

　【ワシントン時事】英紙フィナンシャル・タイムズ（ＦＴ）は１０日、日本製鉄幹部が訪米し、米鉄鋼大手ＵＳスチール買収計画を巡り、米政府高官と１１日に面会すると報じた。バイデン米政権は、安全保障上の懸念を理由に買収計画を阻止するとみられているが、計画を認めるよう要請する。ＦＴが関係者の話として伝えた。
　今回の安保上の懸念については、国務省、国防総省は認めておらず、政権内でも異論が出ているという。
　ＦＴによると、日本製鉄の森高弘副会長が首都ワシントンを訪問し、買収計画を審査する米政府の対米外国投資委員会（ＣＦＩＵＳ）幹部らと会談するとみられる。
　ＣＦＩＵＳは、安全保障の観点に基づき海外からの直接投資を審査する省庁横断組織で、問題があると判断すれば、大統領に買収阻止などを勧告する。財務長官が議長を務め、国務省や国防総省のトップも委員会のメンバーだ。（2024/09/11-05:48）

Nippon Steel Corp. Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori will meet senior U.S. officials in Washington on Wednesday over the Japanese steelmaker's proposed acquisition of United States Steel Corp., the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
   While the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to block the deal on the ground of national security concerns, Mori will fly to the U.S. capital "in a last-ditch effort to salvage the Japanese group's proposed 15-billion-dollar acquisition of U.S. Steel," the British newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
   The report said the U.S. State Department and Defense Department have not agreed with the view that the deal would pose security risks.
   According to the FT, Mori will meet several officials of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, which is reviewing the proposed buyout.
   CFIUS is an interagency committee which assesses foreign investments from the perspective of national security. If the committee finds any issues, it will recommend to the U.S. president that the deal be blocked. The treasury secretary serves as chair of the committee, and its members also include the state secretary and the defense secretary.