European authorities will decide during the first half of 2018 whether to approve German chemicals maker Bayer AG’s planned $63.5 buyout of Monsanto Co. , the EU’s Competition Commissioner told CNBC on Monday. The regulatory body’s decision is expected on April 5th after being postponed twice and suspended four other times. “We have a legal deadline that we have to meet,” Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition commissioner, told CNBC when was asked if another delay could take place. Earlier this month, Bayer said it made further and “very significant” concessions to European regulators as it seeks to wrap up the deal. Bayer will release fourth- quarter results on Wednesday.
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