The UK climbed two places to fifth in the 2020 Mergers and Acquisitions Attractiveness Index. Boris Johnson signed a Brexit withdrawal agreement with the EU in January 2020 when the UK officially left the bloc and the UK sealed a trade deal with Brussels 11 months later. The annual index, conducted by experts at City, University of London, ranks 144 countries on their ability to attract and maintain domestic and inbound investment. The US and Singapore maintained to top two places in the chart.