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Re:Arm co-founder: Sale to Nvidia would be a disaster by vageli on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:57AM (#24178319)
> In a merger of this scale all the big powers (US, EU, China, and I assume also UK now) have basically veto right.

> There are countless examples where country 1 has stopped a merger between a company from country 2 and one from country 3.

From what I've seen, the only method of enforcement for a third-party country is to ban the sale of goods in their respective markets following the merger (like GE/Honeywell in the early 2000s). Would that even be possible in this case?

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Re:Arm co-founder: Sale to Nvidia would be a disaster by panpanna on Sunday August 16, 2020 @12:54PM (#24179282)
Not sure how this is enforced. Generally the merger falls apart if there are any indications of this happening.

Don't forget that these are public companies and a stopped merger can affect their stock. Besides, major investors would eat the board alive if they put the company in such situation.

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