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France Looks to Block US Purchase of Velan’s Nuclear Business
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
France is looking at ways to prevent Velan SAS, a domestic supplier of parts for nuclear reactors, from falling into US hands as it aims to protect a strategic industry.
The business is a French unit of Quebec-based Velan Inc., which is being taken over by Flowserve Corp. in an all-cash transaction valued at about C$329 million ($247 million). The deal was expected to close by the end of the second quarter and has been delayed.
“It’s not just defense industries that are strategic — the nuclear industry is key for France’s economic recovery and its transition,” Marie-Noelle Lienemann, a Socialist senator, told Bloomberg. “If the US gains control over a maker of equipment for EDF, they could be able to prevent the export of French nuclear reactors to China.”
一般都是因为战略原因不卖企业给中国，头一次听说法国因为战略原因不卖企业给美国，而这个企业跟加拿大有关，是在魁北克。
更离谱的是，法国说的原因是：如果美国公司买了这个企业后，未来美国可能制止法国出口核电给中国。
