5 stalled mega mergers that could get a green light under Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Trump is expected to turn to one of the two current Republican FTC commissioners to serve as an acting lead for the agency.
54% : Fortune set out to discover which deals may get a second chance under Trump 2.0.
39% : Wall Street already has four years getting used to Trump, Mizuho's Katz said.
38% : The merger has faced significant opposition from Trump, and the United Steelworkers.
37% : One of the biggest deals that fell by the wayside due to regulatory interference was Nvidia's $40 billion offer to buy Arm, which was announced in September 2020 while Trump was still in office.
35% : While it's unclear which campaign promises he will keep, Trump is a "known unknown," Katz said.
34% : "Antitrust law under Trump won't be out the window altogether.
34% : One private equity executive who invests in tech said many companies "don't want to be the guinea pig to try and see what can be approved [under Trump], especially if they have tried once before and failed."
29% : Trump and the GOP, however, have cultural axes to grind with Big Tech, meaning Google could have a harder time than others.
26% : Under Trump, scrutiny could get less intense, opening the door for it to snap up Wix or Hubspot.
20% : Under Trump, regulators also sued Facebook over antitrust and called for a ban on TikTok.

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