The only stipulation that is place is that China specifically asked that the merger should not abuse the market position, and that this partnership will allow for the interoperability between VMWare’s servers and that of third-party hardware providers. This little condition is not surprising as companies are being placed under scrutiny for exploiting partnerships and also using each others’ pull in the market to tilt market positions in their favour, which constitute unfair practise. Broadcom would be wise to respect this stipulation, as negligence to do so will attract some major fines across the world.
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