'An uncertain future': Northwest Indiana, steel industry react as Biden blocks U.S. Steel deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "It is my solemn responsibility as President to ensure that, now and long into the future, America has a strong domestically owned and operated steel industry that can continue to power our national sources of strength at home and abroad," Biden said in a statement, "and it is a fulfillment of that responsibility to block foreign ownership of this vital American company.
43% : Blast furnaces are outdated, activists have said, and direct reduction would be more environmentally and economically friendly because it could cut carbon dioxide emissions in half.
33% : "President Trump has indicated on a couple of different occasions that he understood what the risks to national security would be," McCall said.

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