The Chinese government’s delay in approving Broadcom’s (NASDAQ:AVGO) planned acquisition of cloud computing company VMware (NYSE:VWM) may be politically motivated, reports suggest. According to CNBC’s David Faber, the approval delay, coupled with the new restrictions on Nvidia chips, all make the speculations probable, especially since the Chinese government hasn’t provided a clear cause.
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan had recently met with Chinese officials in an attempt to gain…