As anniversaries go, Broadcom is probably happy to let this one pass unmarked. It was just a year ago Tuesday that the hyperacquisitive chip company found itself in the unprecedented position of having its most ambitious deal to date quashed by executive-branch fiat. President Trump ordered then-Singapore-based Broadcom to back off its attempts to buy Qualcomm, citing national security. The administration’s sensitivity on that front mushroomed into a broader trade dispute between the U.S. and China—which in turn iced out the...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 13, 2019 10:52 UTC