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The merger needs to be accepted by other markets, too. No offense but I find it quite amusing how Americans keep forgetting about that.
by cromka 11mo ago
The merger needs to be accepted by other markets, too. No offense but I find it quite amusing how Americans keep forgetting about that.
- tiborsaas 11mo agoHow does this work? I assume there would be one parent company at the end and if that's an American company what does any other country can say about it? Sure if they incorporated a child company there they might interfere, but they could also just close the company to deal with the situation and go forward with the merger.
- hrimfaxi 11mo agoEither they comply or exit the country. Remember how the UK blocked the Microsoft/Activision merger for a time?
- JetSpiegel 11mo agoYeah, "blocked" is a misleading word, if they merged anyway.
- hrimfaxi 11mo agoThe merge was only allowed after changes.
- nayroclade 11mo agoIf a US company operates in a different country as well, it has to abide by the laws of that country, or leave it. For example, Adobe's acquisition of Figma was blocked by the UK and EU regulators, despite them both being US companies headquartered in San Francisco. They could have chosen to leave the UK and EU markets entirely, in which case their merger would have been able to proceed, but they wouldn't have been able to sell anything to UK/EU citizens.
- SSLy 11mo agoThey have production, distribution, and marketing ops in other markets. Those could be flogged until compliance.
- Rastonbury 11mo agoThen they lobby Trump who threatens the country with tariffs
- cromka 11mo agoDon't think this works anymore as much
- venturecruelty 11mo agoThe threat of sanctions and drone strikes usually makes everyone pretty friendly.