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Bayer clears EU hurdle for Monsanto deal with BASF sale

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Bayer clears EU hurdle for Monsanto deal with BASF sale

By Aoife White, Bloomberg News
Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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Bayer AG cleared one big hurdle for its $66 billion takeover of Monsanto, winning European Union approval for the deal after agreeing to bolster BASF SE by selling it seeds, pesticides and digital agriculture technology.

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Bayer news release on European conditional approval for Monsanto buy

European Commission conditionally approves Bayer’s proposed acquisition of Monsanto

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