Status:  Clearance

Acquirer:  China National Chemical Corporation (China)

Acquired:  Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

Deal Value: US$43 billion

Industries:  Chemicals

Summary:  China National Chemical Corporation (“ChemChina”), a Chinese state-owned chemical company, and Syngenta AG, a global Swiss agribusiness that produces agrochemicals and seeds, announced on Monday, August 22, 2016, that the companies have received clearance from CFIUS relating to the proposed acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina. See public announcement here.