Private credit woes, Trump tariffs coerce US corporate right-scaling

John West, Mergermarket’s global commentary editor and author of our weekly Continental Drift column, joins Dealcast host Julie-Anna Needham to discuss how corporates can navigate the new trade realities, along with other macroeconomic risks and opportunities. What is the real impact of First Brands and Tricolor on capital markets pipelines?How strong are the parallels between the boom in AI investment and the dotcom bubble?Could M&A financing become more expensive even if the Federal Reserve cuts rates?All this and more in this week’s Dealcast.