美審查機構放行中國化工收購先正達

The US government committee responsible for clearing or blocking foreign investment into the country has approved ChemChina’s $44bn takeover of Swiss agrobusiness company Syngenta.

美國政府下屬一個負責批准或阻止外國投資進入國內的委員會批准了中國化工(ChemChina)以440億美元收購瑞士農業綜合企業先正達(Syngenta)的交易。

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States cleared the deal on Monday, according to a statement from Syngenta, making way for China’s biggest-ever outbound transaction d.

先正達的一份聲明稱，週一美國外國投資委員會(CFIUS)放行了這筆交易，爲中國企業迄今最大的對外收購案掃清了道路。

The deal would still face scrutiny from other regulatory bodies but clearing the CFIUS review, which has killed other cross-border Chinese deals this year, was seen as the biggest hurdle to completing the landmark transaction.

這筆交易仍面臨來自其他監管機構的審查，但叫停了今年中國其他跨境收購案的美國外國投資委員會被認爲是完成這一里程碑式交易的最大障礙。

“The closing of the transaction is subject to anti-trust review by numerous regulators around the world and other customary closing conditions,” Syngenta said in a statement. “Both companies are working closely with the regulatory agencies involved and discussions remain constructive.”

“交易成立仍需經過世界各地非常多監管機構的反壟斷審查，並滿足其他慣例的成立條件，”先正達在聲明中表示。“我們兩家公司正在密切配合相關監管機構，討論仍是建設性的。”