I believe it was the EU rather than the FTC which killed the deal.

I would assume the US market was a bigger concern, but hard to know for sure: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/...

IRobot says it was the EU:

https://media.irobot.com/2024-01-29-Amazon-and-iRobot-agree-...

Wrong link? I don't see how that applies to the EU more than the US.

Read the italicized paragraph at the very beginning of the article.

Doh! Thank you.