04 Apr 19: The European Commission has raised concerns about the limited access EU companies get to public markets abroad, proposing measures to tackle the “imbalance”. The issue of “aggressive” foreign takeovers by foreign state-owned companies was raised by Germany last October when Chinese home appliance maker Midea bought German robot maker Kuka and chipmaker Sanan acquired Optoelectronics. In reaction, the German economic ministry proposed lowering the thresholds for controlling mergers at national level …