[rbmillerjr]

This is hardly routine.

[Hawthorn]

>> This is hardly routine <<

Yep, and it’s also not a “trade” matter. It’s a “merger” matter that involves manufacturing companies, not communications carriers.

Moreover, the FCC doesn’t get involved in manufacturing mergers — unless maybe two putatively merging manufacturers are also competitive communications carriers.

But anyway, what difference — at this point — does it make?