Objective(s): The students may able to: • Demonstrate effective skills in dealing the activity towards the peers or classmates; • Formulate possible solutions in relation to the existing problems • Effectively present the output in the class Activity: In November, Broadcom made an unsolicited $117 billion offer to buy communications chip manufacturer Qualcomm. Qualcomm rejected the offer, but through January and February of 2018, Qualcomm seemed to warm to Broadcom’s offer and the two began to talk. But then Broadcom’s offer became ensnared in President Donald Trump’s U.S.-first trade policies and what had seemed like a routine, albeit expensive, corporate takeover became a hot-button political issue. (Broadcom was headquartered in Singapore, but on April 4 completed a “redomiciliation” plan to shift its legal headquarters to San Jose.) In March, the U.S. government began a national security review of Broadcom’s planned Qualcomm acquisition, citing concerns about the importance of Qualcomm’s development of next-generation mobile and networking technology to U.S. competitiveness. On March 12, Trump signed an executive order to halt the deal on national security concerns, saying it could erode the U.S. lead in mobile technology and give China an advantage. Two days later, Broadcomm abandoned the acquisition plan. Answer the following questions: A. Integrate the trade blocs in the aforementioned situation. ( exactly 5 sentences only) B. Formulate possible steps international strategy to cope up the concerns of the company to uphold the principles of international business relations. ( exactly 5 sentences only) C. Based on your answer in question B, how would you apply the said strategies taking consideration that it is in different countries? ( exactly 5 sentences only)

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