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President Trump’s First 100 Days: Impacts and Projections

The first 100 days of a new administration sets the tone for policy direction and regulatory priorities. The following key takeaways from the Trump administration’s first three months highlight significant trends, shifts and...more

‘America First Investment Policy’ Aims To Reshape CFIUS and ‘Reverse CFIUS’

On February 21, 2025, the White House released President Donald Trump’s “America First Investment Policy” memorandum (Investment Policy), which outlined several initiatives to incentivize investment from U.S. allies and...more

National Security: Trump Orders Review of Export, Supply Chain, ‘Reverse CFIUS’ Rules

Several of President Donald Trump’s initial actions — from an executive order instituting a new artificial intelligence (AI) policy framework, to those directing the use of the U.S. military to provide border security, the...more

US Treasury Creates the ‘Reverse CFIUS’ Program, a (Limited) Great Wall on Outbound Investment

The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released a final rule imposing restrictions on U.S. outbound investment in Chinese companies active in developing certain national security technologies (Final Outbound Rule)....more

CFIUS Proposes Expanded Real Estate Jurisdiction

On July 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which, if implemented, would expand the U.S. geographical areas in which the Committee on Foreign Investment in the...more

One Step Closer to a Limited ‘Reverse CFIUS’ Program

On June 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to impose limited restrictions on certain outbound U.S. investments in technology, as directed by Executive Order 14105....more

BIS Reduces Licensing Requirements on Exports to Australia and the UK

In an interim final rule published on April 19, 2024 (New Rule), the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reduce licensing requirements on...more

CFIUS’ Proposed Rule: More Questions, Tighter Time Frames and Higher Penalties

On April 15, 2024, the secretary of the Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or Committee), published a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to...more

US Moves To Narrowly Limit Investment in China

On August 9, 2023, after more than a year of deliberations, the Biden administration finally released an executive order (the Order) directing the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to create a new regulatory program to...more

Disparate US, EU and UK Sanctions Rules Complicate Multinationals' Exits From Russia

The withdrawal of Western companies from Russia in the wake of the war in Ukraine has garnered a lot of attention. But the process does not take place overnight, and many foreign companies that have operated in Russia face...more

Executive Order Reinforces CFIUS’ Broad Authority To Identify National Security Risks

On September 15, 2022, President Joe Biden issued an executive order (EO) “on ensuring robust consideration of evolving national security risks” by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the...more

Congress Reportedly Advances Broad Proposal for Outbound Screening of US Investments in Identified Countries of Concern, Including...

Bipartisan, bicameral support is mounting for legislation that would create a mandatory outbound investment screening regime to review U.S. investments in China and other countries identified by Congress as countries of...more

CFIUS Goes Global: New FDI Review Processes Proliferate, Old Ones Expand

Takeaways - Since 2018, the U.S. and several other countries have revised or installed national security-related screening of foreign direct investments. Many jurisdictions now require filings for investments in the...more

China Faces Existing and Expanded US Restrictions on Trade, Investment and Technology

Takeaways - Chinese investments requiring CFIUS review have declined as the U.S. scrutinizes those transactions aggressively, and rules governing interactions with “Chinese military-industrial complex companies” have been...more

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