(Reuters) -Shares of U.S. Steel dipped in premarket trading after a Nippon Steel executive told the Japanese Nikkei newspaper that its planned acquisition of the company required "a degree of management freedom" to go ahead,

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. will have a "golden share" in U.S. Steel after its deal with Japan's Nippon Steel closes. "We have a golden share, which I control, or the president controls,

U.S. Steel shares started the trading day down slightly after comments from a Nippon Steel executive indicating the so-called planned partnership is stalled.