China Approves Merger of Chemical Giants, Creating $150 Billion Company

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China approves the merger of its two biggest chemical companies, paving the way for another supersize state-run enterprise that Beijing hopes will become a dominant global player

China approved a merger between the country’s top two chemical companies, paving the way for another supersize state-run enterprise that Beijing hopes will become a dominant global player.

Sinochem Group Co. and China National Chemical Corp., also known as ChemChina, will be placed under a new holding company funded and overseen by a government body that holds state enterprises, according to a Sinochem statement Wednesday, confirming a. The Chinese body, called the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission controls both enterprises.

The combination, which has been in the cards for years, would minimize competition between the two companies and create the world’s largest chemicals conglomerate with around 1 trillion yuan in annual revenue, equivalent to about $153 billion. The new holding-company structure was designed to avoid triggering a U.S. national-security review of Sinochem’s ownership of Swiss agro-giant Syngenta AG, the Journal reported.

 

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China monopolizing it's chemical sector has a global effect. Wake up

Exactly china is seizing the global wealth leadings.

Another new state owned enterprise with deep pocket backing of the CCP. When will the world learn it’s not worth it doing business with them.

It doesn’t need Antitrust? Why Alibaba needs?

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We all know they won’t pollute.

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