On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed the National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-1), which lays out the framework for how the National Security Council (NSC) will be organized under his administration. The...more
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM or the Proposed Rule), issued by Treasury on June 21, 2024, would implement President Biden’s August 9, 2023, Executive Order on outbound investment, which addresses concerns related to...more
7/2/2024
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While media reporting has predominantly focused on the provisions in the emergency foreign aid package that President Biden signed into law on April 24, 2024 that provides funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, House Foreign...more
5/1/2024
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On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued a long-anticipated Executive Order on outbound investment aimed at addressing concerns related to China’s advancement in sensitive technologies critical for military,...more
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EO 14083 provides updated guidance to CFIUS regarding its consideration of U.S. national security risk factors and is aimed at confronting evolving and emerging threats to U.S. technological leadership, U.S....more
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According to CFIUS’s recently-released Annual Report for 2021, the total number of CFIUS filings increased significantly year-on-year, with transactions involving Chinese investors more than doubling compared...more