Chinese Foreign Investment

On September 30, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued its 25th report on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), a U.S. program "intended to encourage economic growth and development in the Caribbean Basin countries by promoting increased production and exports of nontraditional products." As part of

Based on a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), President Biden may soon issue a decision to block the purchase of a South Korean semiconductor company by a Chinese equity fund due to national security concerns, although the outcome is still uncertain at this

The telecom company China Mobile International (CMI) has filed a legal challenge to a Canadian government order, issued on the basis of national security concerns, that it sell off or wind down its Canadian investments. Government reviews based on security concerns tend to be highly confidential, with little information available

The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board recently released its annual report for 2019-2020, documenting the foreign investment transactions it considered during that period. The report offers data and explanations related to investment coming into Australia from China. The report provides the following table of "Approvals by country of investor, by

On July 26, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency body that reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States to determine the effect on national security, released its annual report to Congress for 2020. CFIUS does not disclose much information on the

On June 11, Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced the “Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act.” As he put it in a press release, the goal is “to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from owning land in the United States.” He also stated that: “Direct Chinese investment in