Obama blocks proposed takeover of Germany's Aixtron

Friday, December 2, 2016 - 18:21 in Mathematics & Economics

Citing a national security risk, President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese investor's proposed takeover of Aixtron SE, a German maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, a rare move that drew objections from Beijing and complaints that the U.S. was injecting politics into the deal.

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