When the Wind Blows in Beijing, We Feel It in Boise

First of all, despite the initial excitement over the deal - which if closed would be the biggest Chinese US acquisition of all time (far larger than the 2013 Shuanghui $4.6 billion purchase of Smithfield Foods, the US's largest pork producer and an order of magnitude larger than the 2004 $1.3 billion Lenovo purchase of IBM's PC decision, the largest tech purchase) - it seems unlikely to close on the terms reportedly on offer.