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By Anjuli Davies
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Worldwide mergers andacquisitions deals have fallen 23 percent to $336 billion so farthis year compared with last year, but cross-border activity byamount targeting U.S.-based companies reached a record high,Thomson Reuters data shows.
After hitting a record high by deals value in 2015,worldwide M&A activity has been hurt this year by falling oilprices, worries about slowing growth in China and the health ofthe financial sector.
A trio of deals for U.S. companies topped the list of M&Aannounced this week, including Chinese company Tianjin Tianhai's$6.3 billion offer for U.S.-based Ingram Micro, bringingyear-to-date China outbound M&A targeting the U.S. to $23.3billion.
China, Ireland and Canada account for 88 percent ofcross-border acquirers in the U.S. so far this year.
European M&A activity, which lagged the U.S. in 2015, hashit $92 billion so far this year, up 4 percent compared with ayear ago, after state-owned ChemChina announced it would buySwiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta for $43billion in February.
Goldman Sachs holds the top spot in the global M&Aleague tables followed by JPMorgan and Barclays.
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