President Donald Trump travels to Pittsburgh Friday to celebrate a deal he once vowed to oppose - Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel’s long-announced plans to buy iconic American steelmaker US Steel.

Steelworkers are excited for the future after President Trump talked about the partnership between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel.

President Donald Trump touted a "blockbuster agreement" between U.S. Steel and Japanese company Nippon Steel that he said would keep the U.S. steelmaker in Pittsburgh.

The bulk of expenditures would be made in the next 14 months, he said, and it will create and save over 100,000 American jobs, including 14,000 in Pennsylvania. As part of the deal, U.S. Steel will maintain all its current operating blast furnaces at full capacity for at least the next 10 years.

President Trump will travel Friday afternoon to the Pittsburgh area for a rally and remarks on the “planned partnership” between U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel, which he

President Donald Trump says U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of what he called a “partnership” between the American steelmaker and Japan-based Nippon Steel, which sought to buy it.

During a visit to the Pittsburgh area on Friday, President Trump announced that he would be doubling tariffs on steel to 50%.

The president will travel to Allegheny County to visit U.S. Steel Corp.’s Irvin Works plant outside of Pittsburgh for a rally at 5 p.m. EDT. Trump won Pennsylvania in November with more than 50 ...

President Donald Trump heads to Pittsburgh on Friday to tout a steel deal that he says will bring unprecedented job growth in the industry to Pennsylvania. Trump has boasted about a 'planned partnership' between the Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel and Japan ...