President Trump on Friday will maintain a rally in Pennsylvania to rejoice the partnership between U.S. Metal and Japanese company Nippon Metal that Trump has touted as a lift to U.S. jobs.

The president will journey to Allegany County to go to U.S. Metal Company’s Irvin Works plant exterior of Pittsburgh for a rally at 5 p.m.

Trump gained Pennsylvania in November with greater than 50 % of the vote, defeating former Vice President Kamala Harris within the vital battleground state. He had misplaced Pennsylvania to former President Biden in 2020 after successful it in 2016.

Final week, Trump introduced the brand new partnership between U.S. Metal and Nippon on social media, saying it “will create at least 70,000 jobs, and add $14 Billion Dollars to the U.S. Economy.”

U.S. Metal lauded the partnership in an announcement to The Hill, stating the corporate will “remain American” and “grow bigger and stronger” in collaboration with Nippon.

“President Trump is a bold leader and businessman who knows how to get the best deal for America, American workers and American manufacturing,” the assertion reads. “U. S. Steel greatly appreciates President Trump’s leadership and personal attention to the futures of thousands of steelworkers and our iconic company.”

Bloomberg Information reported that Trump, simply earlier than asserting the partnership, had obtained the advice from the Committee on Overseas Funding in america (CFIUS), which he ordered final month to conduct a overview of the acquisition of U.S. Metal for assist “in determining whether further action in this matter may be appropriate.”

Trump had beforehand vowed in December to dam Nippon Metal’s acquisition. And, earlier this yr, Biden introduced he was going to cease the sale of U.S. Metal to Nippon Metal within the wake of a yearlong overview of the attainable acquisition.