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Sep 2024
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How the Election Is Sinking a $15 Billio...

The New York Times
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In a highly unusual move, the Biden administration signaled last week that it would block a Japanese company from buying an iconic American company in a critical swing state.

Alan Rappeport, who covers the Treasury Department for The Times, discusses the politics that could doom the multibillion-dollar deal, and what it says about the new power of American labor.

Guest: Alan Rappeport, an economic policy reporter for The New York Times.

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