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Comment: ChemChina, Syngenta may escape EU trap that caught Dow-DuPont

By Dafydd Nelson ( August 31, 2016, 15:56 GMT | Comment) -- As China National Chemical Corporation prepares to file its $43 billion takeover of Syngenta for EU approval, the state-owned buyer is probably confident it can avoid an in-depth investigation — unlike rivals Dow Chemical and DuPont. The European Commission’s concerns that the Dow-DuPont merger could result in higher prices or less innovation look far less problematic for ChemChina.As China National Chemical Corporation prepares to file its $43 billion takeover of Syngenta for EU approval, the state-owned buyer is probably confident it can avoid the fate that has befallen rivals Dow Chemical and DuPont in Brussels....

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