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04 April 2019

US cross-border mergers and acquisitions rise in 2018 (BNA)

In 2018, US acquisitions of foreign companies rose sharply, and for the first time since 2011, the US was a net acquirer in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, according to this April 4, article in Bloomberg BNA's Daily Tax Report.

The article, authored by Robert Carroll, James Mackie and Brandon Pizzola of EY's Quantitative Economics and Statistics group, and attached below, provides a snapshot of US M&A activity between 2004 and 2018.

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