TOKYO -- A U.S. government panel has blocked top Japanese building supplies maker Lixil Group from selling off a money-losing Italian subsidiary to a Chinese company, demonstrating how trade tensions pose a growing risk to cross-border corporate deals.
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US blocks Japan's Lixil from selling building unit to China
Italian subsidiary supplied glass panels to One World Trade Center
Permasteelisa, the Italian construction materials unit whose sale to a Chinese company has been blocked, supplied materials for New York's One World Trade Center, pictured here rising above Manhattan.
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