Plot Twist:
Standing behind a media campaign directed against the proposed merger of German-based Bayer AG and U.S.-based Monsanto is a public affairs operation with a long history of doing work for a foreign company that is now part of a state-owned Chinese firm.
ChemChina is a state-owned Chinese chemical company that acquired Syngenta in a $43 billion takeover last May. The press release announcing the television ad, which a representative from DDC Public Affairs sent out in a mass email, urges Trump’s Justice Department to reject the $66 billion Bayer AG-Monsanto merger because the campaign claims it will raise grocery prices for families and potentially put farmers out of business.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/is-china-behind-this-campaign-against-the-monsanto-merger
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