Separately, Tesco, one of the world's biggest supermarket chains, said it would sell its operations in South-East Asia to Charoen Pokphand, a Thai conglomerate, for $10.6bn.

另外，全球最大的连锁超市之一乐购表示，他们将以106亿美元的价格将其东南亚公司出售给泰国企业集团正大集团。