The European Commission has conditionally approved the sale by DuPont of part of its crop protection business to FMC Corp. and DuPont’s acquisition of FMC’s health and nutrition business, 根据 USNews.com 上的美联社报道.
The deals cleared Thursday help DuPont meet Commission requirements for DuPont’s pending $62 billion merger with Dow Chemical.
合并于 2015 年 12 月宣布，最初预计将在 2016 年上半年完成。但在美国和外国监管机构审查期间多次推迟。