EU's Vestager says EU nations should buy stakes to block Chinese takeovers: FT

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“We don’t have any issues of states acting as market participants if need be, if they provide shares in a company, if they want to prevent a takeover of this kind,” Margrethe Vestager said in an interview with FT https://on.ft.com/3efpEMp.

“It’s very important that one is aware that there is a real risk that businesses that are vulnerable can be the object of a takeover,” she added. “The situation now really underlines the need so we work really intensively.”