Yesterday, Kilpatrick released a Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration. The Primer gives readers a background overview of what tariffs are, their legal underpinnings, how they were utilized in the prior Trump...more
Over the last few years, a security review committee for foreign investments into the United States has become almost a household name. Indeed, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States—or CFIUS—has even been...more
On September 13, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order blocking the $1.3 billion acquisition by Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, a Chinese government-backed private equity fund (“Canyon Bridge”) of Lattice...more
Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Examiner indicate that Senate leaders from both parties are working to craft legislation that would reform the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews transactions for potential national-security issues, has reportedly cleared state-owned China National Chemical Corp.’s (ChemChina) planned $43...more
In late July 2016, U.S. technology distributor Ingram Micro, Inc. (Ingram) announced that it would submit its pending $6 billion acquisition by Chinese shipping company Tianjin Tianhai Investment Co. Ltd. to the Committee on...more