Corporate dealmaking set to slow further after first decline in a decade

By James Langford

Published January 18, 2019 5:00am ET

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Corporate dealmaking set to slow further after first decline in a decade — This isn’t exactly what corporate America expected under a president who built his reputation on The Art of the Deal. The pace of mergers and acquisitions slowed in the second year of President Trump’s administration, for the first time in nearly a decade, amid political upheaval in Washington and Europe, combined with the fallout from […]

This isn’t exactly what corporate America expected under a president who built his reputation on The Art of the Deal.

The pace of mergers and acquisitions slowed in the second year of President Trump’s administration, for the first time in nearly a decade, amid political upheaval in Washington and Europe, combined with the fallout from trade disputes that have left executives wary of investing capital.

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