Merger Isn’t the Only Option for Renault and Nissan, Ghosn Says

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Speaking at The Wall Street Journal's D.Live Conference in Hong Kong, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn said a merger within the group is one option to prepare the company for future challenges.

HONG KONG—Carlos Ghosn, chairman and chief executive of the Renault-Nissan alliance, said he is open to a merger of the two companies—something he has long opposed—but added that there may be other alternatives once he eventually retires.

“I’ve been opposed [to a merger] for a very long time because I’ve seen how much damage mergers have done into the industry,” he said, citing the example of the merger between Daimler, Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors two decades ago that ultimately dissolved.

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