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China blocks Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus.

The economic watchdog did not explain its decision to cancel the deal, which Beijing had scrutinized since it was first announced in December. It was largely complete and Manus is already integrated into some of Meta’s tools.

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