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Comment: Alstom-Bombardier's swift EU clearance points to an easier hand, played better

By Natalie McNelis ( August 4, 2020, 12:19 GMT | Comment) -- Alstom’s swift EU clearance to buy rival Bombardier suggests that the French rail company learned some hard lessons from last year’s blocked Siemens deal. Not only did the companies come in early with a clear package of concessions, it helped that overlaps could more easily be addressed with the kind of structural remedies favored by the EU regulator. Beyond that, though, they had the presence of Siemens as a formidable rival this time around. Alstom’s swift EU clearance to buy rival Bombardier suggests that the French rail company learned some hard lessons from last year’s blocked Siemens deal....

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