The trial for Nippon Steel Corp.'s lawsuit seeking to nullify U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to block its $14.1 billion takeover

TOKYO (Reuters) - The hearing for a lawsuit that Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel brought against U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is scheduled for February and March, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, without citing sources.

President-elect Donald Trump has also expressed strong opposition to Japanese ownership of infrastructure giant.

The bid by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel may have a new lease on life after the Biden administration extended a deadline for the Japanese steelmaker to abandon plans to acquire the storied Pittsburgh company after President Joe Biden blocked the deal.

Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba asked U.S. President Joe Biden to allay concerns in the Japanese and U.S. business communities over the status of Nippon Steel’s 5401.T planned acquisition of U.S.

The Biden administration delayed until June an order for Nippon Steel to abandon its $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel , the companies said on Saturday, giving them some time to revive the politically contentious deal.

Another Joe from Delaware—the one finishing up his final days in the White House—apparently sees himself in the same light, having stepped in to nix a $15 billion deal between U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel.

Young Slams Biden For Blocking The Nippon Steel Deal: ‘No Substantiated Evidence’ To Justify It During Thursday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing, Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) questioned Trump’s Housing and Urban Development Secretary Nominee Scott Turner,