Deals
Trump Blocks China-Backed Lattice Bid
- Fourth presidential block of foreign takeover in last 27 years
- China says security checks shouldn’t be a protectionist tool
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President Donald Trump blocked a Chinese-backed investor from buying Lattice Semiconductor Corp., casting a cloud over Chinese deals seeking U.S. security clearance and spurring a call for fairness from Beijing.