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SoftBank Group and ABB explore carving out the Chinese part of a robotics deal blocked by Beijing, according to a Bloomberg report on 7 November 2026. The original transaction, signed on 8 October 2025, valued the ABB Robotics division at $5.375 billion with a planned close in mid-to-late 2026.
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China Blocks SoftBank ABB Robotics Deal

Sources: China has told SoftBank it will not allow the $5.4B acquisition of ABB's robotics division to go ahead; China is the division's biggest market (David Keohane/Financial Times)
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