On 21 February 2025, President Donald J. Trump signaled his administration’s approach to foreign investment policy with a presidential memorandum, “America First Investment Policy” (The Policy). Among the most significant...more
On 21 June 2024, the Office of Investment Security of the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations to implement President Biden’s August 2023 Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments...more
6/27/2024
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China ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Treasury
On 15 April 2024, the Treasury Department’s Office of Investment Security published a Proposed Rule to revise the regulations governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee). The...more
On 9 August 2023, President Biden issued a long anticipated executive order imposing certain limitations, reporting requirements, and prohibitions on outbound investment from the United States into certain sensitive industry...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) recently proposed expanding the scope of its jurisdiction to review real estate transactions to add over 200,000 square miles of land...more
In a set of actions in coordination with G7 allies, US and UK export control authorities recently announced significant escalations of sanctions and export controls against Russia and Belarus. These actions indicate continued...more
Earlier this month, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) took two noteworthy actions that underscore the Committee’s powerful role in reviewing foreign direct investment and...more
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) published two final rules (“Final Rules,” found here and here) that implement most of the remaining provisions of the Foreign Investment Risk Review...more
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) published two proposed rules (together, the “Proposed Rules”) to implement the remaining provisions of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization...more
OVERVIEW -
- Oversight of Foreign Investment & Tech Transfer
- CFIUS Reforms – FIRRMA
- Investment Strategies
FOREIGN INVESTMENT & TECH OVERSIGHT -
- The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more
6/27/2019
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Economic Sanctions ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Imports ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
National Security ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies
Two major actions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) have recently come to light that underscore the significant risks of investments in U.S. businesses that have large volumes of sensitive...more