Meanings of outbound acquisitions in English

The deal also comes as outbound acquisitions by Japanese companies continue to rise.

The value of outbound acquisitions exceeded that of inward deals in 2011, according to Thomson Reuters data.

The total value of Chinese outbound acquisitions topped $100 billion for the first time last year.

The total value of Chinese outbound acquisitions topped $1 trillion for the first time last year.

But it has faced increasing pushback in its offshore deal-making amid a broader decline in Chinese outbound acquisitions.

Most outbound acquisitions by China's oil companies this year have been in riskier areas such as Africa or in locations with ageing assets.

Most outbound acquisitions by China's oil companies this year have been in riskier areas such as Africa or in locations with aging assets.

Capitalising on the strong yen, Japanese outbound acquisitions reached $45 billion so far this year, marking the highest period of cross-border acquisitions on record.

The value of outbound acquisitions by Japanese companies has exceeded $32.3 billion so far this year, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Propelled by a stronger yen, the volume of Japan's outbound acquisitions doubled last year to $38.6 billion, Thomson Reuters data shows.

South Korea's outbound acquisitions surged in the second half of 2007, with 70 deals worth $8.2 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.

It has spent about $4.2 billion on domestic and outbound acquisitions over the past two years, data compiled by Thomson Reuters showed.

Japanese firms have announced 14 outbound acquisitions worth at least $2 billion each since 2011, up from 5 over the previous two years.

In the first quarter of 2017, Chinese companies announced US$21.6bn of outbound acquisitions, roughly a quarter of the US$85.7bn total seen a year earlier.

The total value of Chinese outbound acquisitions topped $100 billion last year, helping push Asia-Pacific's annual deal value past $1 trillion for the first time.

Outbound acquisitions by Chinese companies jumped 78 percent from the same period last year, nearly half of them in Europe.