WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a deal between U.S. Steel (X.N) , opens new tab and Nippon Steel (5401.T) , opens new tab could be a part of tariff negotiations with Japan, but added he doubted it would be.

"If Nippon wants to come in here, they're working on it very hard. I have great respect for Nippon," he told a press briefing. "But we want to have U.S. Steel remain in this country."

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