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Renault's chairperson Jean-Dominique Senard looks on during a visit by the French President to the site of the future factory of Japan-based battery maker Envision AESC group, where Renault SA develops an electric-vehicle manufacturing hub, in Douai, France June 28, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via... Read moreAIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, July 9 (Reuters) - European firms are concerned they could get caught in the cross-fire of rising economic rivalry between the United States and China, with some officials at a French business conference also frustrated at Europe's slowness in crafting a response.Rising trade...

CHICAGO, June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. grains merchant Bunge (BG.N) and Glencore-backed (GLEN.L) Viterra are merging to create an agricultural trading giant worth about $34 billion including debt, the companies said on Tuesday, in a deal that will likely draw close regulatory scrutiny.The deal brings the combined company closer in global scale to leading rivals Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM.N) and Cargill (CARG.UL), valuing Bunge and Viterra at about $17 billion each. Bunge shareholders, however, will own about 70% of the company, because Bunge will pay for a significant chunk of the deal...