In the News: 10-Year Outbound Low; Antitrust Amendments; and UK Connect Suspended

Chinese outbound M&A hits decade low; draft amendments to anti-monopoly law released; and Shanghai-London stock connect suspended over political tensions

6 minute readJanuary 05, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Vincent Chow

In the News: 10-Year Outbound Low; Antitrust Amendments; and UK Connect Suspended

China outbound M&A hits 10-year low

China's outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have plummeted to their lowest levels in a decade amidst a bruising China-U.S. trade war and growing scrutiny over Chinese investments globally. Chinese outbound deals totaled $41 billion in 2019, almost half that of 2018, according to Refinitiv data, Reuters

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