President Donald Trump on February 21, 2025 issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum titled the America First Investment Policy to provide guidance to executive departments in their review and decision-making with...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Final Rule on January 16, 2025 that prohibits the import, sale, and manufacture of vehicles equipped with Vehicle Communication Systems (VCS)...more
The US Department of Treasury published its final regulations covering the national security review process for outbound investments on October 28, 2024. The regulations impose notice and prohibition requirements on specific...more
The US Department of Commerce (Commerce or DOC) on December 6, 2024 issued a final rule codifying its framework for reviewing Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) transactions under Executive Order...more
On September 23, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) outlining new proposed rules to address national security risks associated with...more
The technology industry is squarely under Congress’s spotlight these days. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), electric vehicles, and green energy, as well as concerns over data security and privacy, foreign...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on February 29, 2024 soliciting public feedback on the development of regulations related to the...more
The Biden administration issued a long-anticipated executive order on August 9 regarding US outbound investment in select technology and products with national security applications produced by “countries of concern.”...more
A confluence of two events has the potential to curtail a type of US investment in China that may currently be flying under the radar. The first is a white paper recently released by a group of academics, which details the...more
There are many international and Asia-based investors looking to invest in companies in the US for both strategic and commercial reasons, and in return they offer attractive sources of funding. Often, financial investments...more