Trump deal to boost research worries critics of massive merger

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A merger between two of the biggest seed and farm chemical companies may hinge on anrnagreement to boost research into new products.rnThe transition team for President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that it had secured arnpromise from Bayer AG to pump $8 billion into research in the United States if the company'srnproposed acquisition of Monsanto Co. clears antitrust review by the incoming Trumprnadministration.