彭博新聞：軟銀、ABB研究切割中國業務，以挽救機器人交易

11月7日（路透）——彭博新聞週六引述知情人士報導，日本軟銀和瑞士工程集團ABB正研究將一筆54億美元機器人交易中的中國部分切割出來；這筆交易本週稍早遭北京阻擋。Nov 7 (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank and Swiss engineering group ABB are looking at carving out the Chinese element of a $5.4 billion robotics deal which was blocked earlier this week by Beijing, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.

軟銀在非營業時間未回應採訪請求，ABB則拒絕對該報導發表評論。報導稱，所謂切割將意味著為中國業務設立一家由不同所有權持有的獨立實體。SoftBank did not respond to requests for comment outside business hours and ABB declined to comment on the report which said that a carve-out would mean setting up a separate entity for the China business with different ownership.

這是中國今年阻擋的第二筆交易。在此之前，北京加強審查涉及前沿科技的外國投資，並於4月命令Meta撤銷其對AI新創公司Manus超過20億美元的收購案。This is the second deal blocked by China this year after Meta was ordered in April to unwind its more than $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, as Beijing tightens scrutiny of foreign investment involving frontier technologies.

報導稱，ABB也在考慮其他選項，包括尋找另一名買家；報導並補充，該業務估值可能達20億至30億美元。ABB is also considering other options including finding another buyer, the report said, adding that the business could potentially be valued at $2 billion to $3 billion.

中國是ABB最大的機器人市場，占其機器人業務約30%。ABB在中國經營約30家本地公司，在近130個城市擁有約1萬5000名員工，並在近700個城市設有線上與線下通路。China is ABB's biggest robotics market and accounts for about 30% of its robotics business. It operates about 30 local companies in China with around 15,000 employees in nearly 130 cities, as well as online and offline channels in nearly 700.

（Preetika Parashuraman於班加羅爾報導；Tomasz Janowski與Alexander Smith編輯）(Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in BengaluruEditing by Tomasz Janowski and Alexander Smith)