BEIJING: State-owned China National Chemical Corp. Wednesday offered $43 billion in an agreed takeover for Swiss pesticide and seed giant Syngenta, in what would be by far the biggest-ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm.

The deal is the latest in a string of overseas investments for China’s biggest chemical company, also known as ChemChina, as Beijing prods its companies to “go out” to expand.

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