Dealmaking Rebounds After Trump's Tariffs Cut Off a Budding M&A Boom

Trump Tariffs and Low Oil Prices Hit U.S. Energy Deals Hard

After two years of booming activity, the merger and acquisition space in the U.S. has slowed down significantly. Buyer are turning their attention from quantity to quality and focusing on extracting as much value from deals they made previously. Also, they’re running out of targets. After two booming years, it was really only a matter of time before this happened. The megadeals of 2023 and 2024 were the highlight of that period, which followed t…

Dealmaking rebounds after Trump's tariffs cut off a budding M&A boom

The pace of mergers and acquisitisons is picking up this month, with more than 300 deals announced as of May 20, collectively valued at more than $120 billion.

Vancouver’s M&A market rebounds even as tariff fears shake confidence

Economic anxiety and U.S. trade tensions may be nudging some owners to sell, while others pause amid unpredictable market conditions

Dealmaking rebounds after Trump’s tariffs cut off a budding M&A boom

People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 18, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesHopes for an active year of mergers and acquisitions could be back on track after being briefly derailed by the Trump administration's sweeping tariff policies last month.Dealmaking in the U.S. was off to a strong…