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China is buying up American companies fast, and it's freaking people out
Business Insider ^ | 02/21/2016 | Portia Crowe

Posted on 02/21/2016 11:20:05 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Here's a story you'll be hearing about a lot this year.

Chinese companies have been buying up foreign businesses -- including American ones -- at a record rate, and it's freaking out lawmakers.

There is General Electric's sale of its appliance business to Qingdao-based Haier, Zoomlion's bid for the heavy-lifting-equipment maker Terex Corporation, and ChemChina's record-breaking deal for the Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta, valued at $48 billion.

Most recently, a unit of the Chinese conglomerate HNA Group on Wednesday said it would buy the technology distributor Ingram Micro for $6 billion.

And the most contentious deal so far might be the Chinese-led investor group Chongqing Casin Enterprise's bid for the Chicago Stock Exchange. A Chinese deal spree

To date, there have been 102 Chinese outbound mergers-and-acquisitions deals announced this year, amounting to $81.6 billion in value, according to Dealogic. That's up from 72 deals worth $11 billion in the same period last year.

And they're not expected to let up anytime soon. Slow economic growth in China and cheap prices abroad due to the stock market's recent sell-off suggest the opposite.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinaus; companies; trumpwasright; uscrisis
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To: Alberta's Child

Those are purchases that strategically help China to grab and hold us by our short hairies.

A primary distributor of electronic components? Yikes!

Major source of seeds? Double yikes!


41 posted on 02/21/2016 1:23:33 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: aquila48

Thank you for that. I guess most here don’t remember the Japan buying freak out.
Only thing I would add is the strong dollar helps the Americans who are getting a paid now.Good time to sell.

The business tide goes in and out during every30-35 years;America will be back up on top in a few years.


42 posted on 02/21/2016 1:23:58 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: SeekAndFind

And using our money (our debt to China) to do it. Basically they’re collecting on that debt.


43 posted on 02/21/2016 1:31:20 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: DannyTN
There is only one candidate that will reverse this.

Yes: Bernie, because he will drive most viable U.S. companies overseas, and render those that remain too unprofitable to interest foreign buyers.

44 posted on 02/21/2016 1:38:19 PM PST by sphinx
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To: Alberta's Child

If relations deteriorate with China past a certain point the Chinese will have to have a fire sale on their US assets. Americans in general will not buy from a company owned by people who are killing Americans.


45 posted on 02/21/2016 1:58:37 PM PST by WMarshal (Who in the Republican Party will be brave enough to name Obama a traitor?)
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To: Poison Pill

Transactions for trade goods has limited impact if it’s balanced trade where you don’t run a huge trade deficit. Presumably export jobs created offset the loss of jobs to imports.

But that’s not what we do. What we do is buy goods for China and then sell them debt or worse equities to pay for it. That shifts the means of production overseas which causes unemployment which has a huge impact on national debt. It raises the safety net payments at the same time it reduces government revenues. And that causes the government to run red ink which they pay for buy borrowing.

I’m not opposed to preventing sales of businesses to China. We have Congressional committee that reviews sensitive sales, but our Congressmen have so much Chinese stock that they have a bigger financial incentive to do a good job for China than for America.


46 posted on 02/21/2016 4:10:07 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Poison Pill

Transactions for trade goods has limited impact if it’s balanced trade where you don’t run a huge trade deficit. Presumably export jobs created offset the loss of jobs to imports.

But that’s not what we do. What we do is buy goods for China and then sell them debt or worse equities to pay for it. That shifts the means of production overseas which causes unemployment which has a huge impact on national debt. It raises the safety net payments at the same time it reduces government revenues. And that causes the government to run red ink which they pay for buy borrowing.

I’m not opposed to preventing sales of businesses to China. We have Congressional committee that reviews sensitive sales, but our Congressmen have so much Chinese stock that they have a bigger financial incentive to do a good job for China than for America.


47 posted on 02/21/2016 4:10:07 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: aquila48

Except they’re not buying “goods”, they’re buying assets.


48 posted on 02/21/2016 4:11:53 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: redgolum

True, and what percentage of students at our best science and tech universities are from China? A lot.


49 posted on 02/21/2016 4:14:23 PM PST by nascarnation (RIP Scalia. Godspeed)
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To: AFreeBird

What are the refrigerators stoves carpets drywall tiles faucets furniture, etc. Inside houses?

And let’s say they buy a factory, what about all the equipment it needs.

And what’s the difference between a good and an asset? To someone a drill may be a good to a carpenter it’s an asset.

Oh, and believe me there are hundreds of American companies that own assets in China.

And I have some wonderful news for you - even you can own Chinese assets - buy Chinese stocks!


50 posted on 02/21/2016 4:29:40 PM PST by aquila48
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To: dfwgator

My husband’s company is one of the ones mentioned in the article, and since the announcement, I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. Getting prepared for so many possibilities, few of which are positive. I figure on 4-6 months employment, then all hell breaks loose.


51 posted on 02/21/2016 5:54:36 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: SeekAndFind
Why is this a surprise? Americans have been buying $505 Billion worth of Chinese stuff at Walmart, MORE THAN CHINA BUYS AMERICAN STUFF.

Urgent call to Trump ....

52 posted on 02/22/2016 11:19:43 PM PST by entropy12 (When you vote, you are actually voting for the rich donors!)
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To: aquila48
China can buy $505 worth more American companies and stocks than Americans can buy Chinese companies and stocks.

It is call FOREIGN TRADE DEFICITS every year.

Urgent call to Donald Trump...save America before it is too late!

53 posted on 02/22/2016 11:22:53 PM PST by entropy12 (When you vote, you are actually voting for the rich donors!)
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To: FamiliarFace

Go out and vote for Trump! Only hope America has left.


54 posted on 02/22/2016 11:23:35 PM PST by entropy12 (When you vote, you are actually voting for the rich donors!)
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To: entropy12

I want to inform you that you don’t make any sense!

I’m sorry to have to give you bad news, but the pink caps and bad grammar did not make your argument more convincing, as I’m sure you were counting on.


55 posted on 02/23/2016 12:01:44 AM PST by aquila48
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To: aquila48

You are crazy. Go away.


56 posted on 02/23/2016 12:10:13 AM PST by entropy12 (When you vote, you are actually voting for the rich donors!)
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To: entropy12

Did you run out of pink ink?


57 posted on 02/23/2016 12:15:53 AM PST by aquila48
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