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
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Biden Administration ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Technology Sector
On July 30, 2020, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) released its annual report to Congress for calendar year 2019. CFIUS, an interagency committee led by the U.S. Department of...more
Since the beginning of 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has issued numerous regulations to implement fully the Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) on behalf of the Committee on Foreign...more
5/27/2020
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Annual Reports ,
Bulk Electric System ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FCC ,
Filing Fees ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Huawei ,
Imports ,
Investment Funds ,
ITAR ,
Mandatory Declarations ,
NAICS ,
National Security ,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,
Proposed Rules ,
Section 232 ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
Trump Administration
The achievement of legislative consensus in 2018 around a preferred approach to safeguarding U.S. technology and information from national security threats via foreign investment resulted in passage of the Foreign Investment...more
1/22/2020
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China ,
Covered Real Estate Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Excepted Investors ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Final Rules ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
Technology Sector ,
Technology Transfer Agreements ,
Trump Administration