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
5/7/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
CFIUS ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Trade ,
Investors ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
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
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
2/4/2025
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CFIUS ,
China ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Investment ,
Legislative Agendas ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
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
11/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
CFIUS ,
Covered Transactions ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Persons ,
Lawful Permanent Residents ,
National Security ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Technology ,
U.S. Treasury
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
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
7/1/2024
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CFIUS ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Trade ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
National Security ,
Private Equity ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology ,
U.S. Treasury
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
4/25/2024
/ Australia ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Trade ,
Licensing Rules ,
National Security ,
New Rules ,
Technology ,
Trade Policy ,
UK
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
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
8/11/2023
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Biden Administration ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Technology Sector
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
12/16/2022
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Best Practices ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Exit Transactions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment ,
Jurisdiction ,
Russia ,
UK ,
Ukraine
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
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
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
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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