Deal of the Week: 2017's Trump Slump

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(Bloomberg) -- The deals world was unable to escape the cloud of uncertainty that's followed the election of U.S. President Donald Trump. The value of announced M&A transactions in the U.S. fell by almost a third this year -- the lowest since 2013. Deals reporter Alex Barinka talks to her colleague Matt Monks and U.S. deals editor Lizzie Fournier about 2017's Trump slump and the other major factors that characterized this year in deals.

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To contact the authors of this story: Alex Barinka in New York at abarinka2@bloomberg.net, Matthew Monks in New York at mmonks1@bloomberg.net, Elizabeth Fournier in New York at efournier5@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Magnus Henriksson at mhenriksso10@bloomberg.net.

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