As part of Canada's new automobile strategy, Canadian Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly has offered some detailed remarks on how she sees Chinese investment in the Canadian auto sector as an important element of that strategy.

The controversy over the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Ports contract related to running ports on both sides of the Panama Canal has now led to an international investment lawsuit by the company against the Government of Panama.

President Trump has once again raised the possibility of Chinese investment in the U.S. auto sector, but the responses of administration officials who were asked about the idea made it clear that such a development is unlikely.

At a hearing today of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, entitled "Evaluating the Operations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)," Chris Pilkerton, Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, responded to questions and comments

Meta's proposed purchase of AI startup company Manus has emerged as an early test case of China's rapidly evolving export control regime and national security laws.

Congressmen Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Zach Nunn (R-IA) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling for an immediate national security review of the proposed acquisition of iRobot by a company with ties to China. iRobot is best known for its Roomba line of robotic vacuum cleaners.

The Trump administration ordered the divestment of an asset purchase involving a semiconductor company, on the basis that one of the founders of the purchasing company is a Chinese citizen. At this time, there are few public details on the specific security concerns the administration has about the deal.