Ren Jianxin (R), chairman of China National Chemical Corp., makes a speech during Swiss agrochemicals maker Syngenta’s annual news conference in Basel, Switzerland, yesterday. China’s State-owned ChemChina will make an agreed US$43 billion bid for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta, the companies said yesterday, marking the largest ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm. In background (L-2nd R ) are Syngenta CEO John Ramsay and chief operating officer Jonathan Parr.

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