The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was also said to be considering the deal, but Broadcom claims that pre-merger waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act have now expired, and as no objections to its purchase of VMware have been raised, there is no legal impediment to closing under US merger regulations. The company said it "continues to work constructively" with regulators in other jurisdictions, is in the advanced stages of obtaining the remaining required regulatory approvals, and is confident that its acquisition of VMware will close on October 30, 2023. But the elephant in the room is China and its State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). Broadcom gets billions in revenue from China, enough for any merger it is involved with to trigger an antitrust review. China has recently been holding back from giving approval to mergers involving US companies, in what is being seen as retaliation for the "Chip Wars" that involves Washington trying to restrict China's access to advanced technology.