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Renault and Nissan’s CEOs Loosen Up Alliance to Keep It Alive

Luca de Meo and Makoto Uchida bet that relaxed ties and openness to new partners will fix what ails their partnership.

Renault CEO Luca de Meo, left, and Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida during their Bloomberg Television interview Monday in London.

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Renault and Nissan’s decades-long alliance has variously been likened to an unhappy marriage, a Gordian knotBloomberg Terminal, and a lock in need of a key.