Syngenta Ordered to Sell Arkansas Farmland Over Chinese Ties

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A unit of seed company Syngenta AG was ordered to sell 160 acres of farmland in Arkansas over its ties with China.

Syngenta, which was acquired in 2017 by China National Chemical Corp., will also face a civil penalty of $280,000 for failure to timely report its foreign ownership, according to a statement from Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Tuesday.