China's US M&A woes are only just warming up

The Trump administration is beginning to back up its beligerent words with action, and deals in the biotech and semiconductors sectors are at particular risk.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has begun an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, a move seen as firing the first shot in a trade war with China.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has begun an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, a move seen as firing the first shot in a trade war with China.

When the tub-thumping campaign rhetoric of candidate Donald Trump was transformed, against all expectations, into a narrow election victory, there was little doubt that the path ahead for acquisitive Chinese conglomerates would be tougher.

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