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They're both American companies, why would China be involved in this deal?
by volkl48 6y ago
They're both American companies, why would China be involved in this deal?
- sudosysgen 6y agoFor the same reasons that the US approved mergers of European and sometimes Chinese companies. If they have fairly major operations in China then China can get involved. I'm not sure if either AMD or Xilinx has sufficient operations in China to justify it, though.
- beezle 6y agoXilinx had significant revenue in China and is a leader in the FPGA market. Recent China history on mergers includes failure to approve the merger of Qualcomm/NXP https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/26/technology/qualcomm-nxp-merger-china/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/26/technology/qualcomm-nxp-mer... "The companies had been waiting nearly two years for their deal to clear global regulatory hurdles. The takeover had been approved in eight other jurisdictions, including the European Union and South Korea, since it was announced in October 2016. China was the lone holdout. "