Anti-trust regulation, populism and a backlash against globalisation may be affecting appetites for dealmaking (The World in 2017). Question will be suspended on 30 June 2017 and resolved based on open source reporting of Thomson Reuters' M&A deal value data for the second quarter of 2017. Announced global M&A deals reached a value of $839 billion in the second quarter of 2016, down 32.5 percent from the same period in 2015 (Reuters). _{Confused? Check our FAQ or ask us for help.}

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