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When will the corporate dealmaking boom end?

The past five years have seen over $20tn worth of M&A deals thanks to favourable market conditions, as well as resilience in the face of more recent risks.

Due Diligence's Arash Massoudi and James Fontanella-Khan discuss what might bring an end to this record boom in dealmaking.

Looming large in investors' minds is the potential for a recession - driven in part by the US-China trade war. Such fears were accentuated by the recent release of disappointing economic data from the US, the eurozone and the UK.

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FT Due Diligence is a video channel analysing the fast-moving world of M&A, illuminating the trends behind the complex global transactions and how to unlock value from acquisition deals. The channel alternates between independent reporting from FT journalists and insight on global dealmaking from law firm Baker McKenzie.