BEIJING: US authorities have agreed to the $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta by state-owned ChemChina, marking the biggest overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm.

The move lays the path for what would be the latest in a string of foreign investments by Chinese firms fuelled by Beijing’s call for its companies to “go out” and expand.

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