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Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Global Trade in 2025: Outbound Investment Restrictions

Motivated by a rapidly evolving geopolitical climate, governments around the globe have increasingly scrutinized and intervened in transactions under foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regimes in recent years. Rising...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Treasury’s Latest Moves: Fast-Track for Foreign Investors & Outbound AI Investment Inquiry

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has been active in the context of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (“CFIUS”) and the Outbound Investment Security Program (“OISP”). The main updates...more

Knobbe Martens

International Patent Activity and Government Policies in the Aerospace, Defense & Security Industries

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Patent activity in the aerospace, defense, and security industries decreased during 2024, Army Technology reports. The story references statistics from GlobalData that the “global aerospace, defense & security industries...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

US Treasury Department Has Begun Enforcing New Outbound Investment Rules

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has started enforcing final regulations that restrict, and in some cases prohibit, U.S. companies, funds and individuals from making certain investments in some technology industries owned...more

Cooley LLP

CFIUS Non-Notified Transaction Enforcement: Cooley’s Five-Year Lookback

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March 2025 marked the fifth anniversary of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) initiative to “formalize and centralize” within the Department of the Treasury an enforcement function to identify...more

White & Case LLP

Breaking Barriers: China’s New IDC Open-Up Opportunities for Foreign Investors

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The demand for data centers is skyrocketing in the era of digital transformation, driven by the growth of cloud computing and AI technologies. Historically, China has tightly restricted or even barred foreign investment in...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Trump Administration issues America First Investment Policy

Positive Development for Investors from Allied Nations - In a further solidification of the Administration’s efforts to isolate identified adversaries and strengthen U.S. leadership key strategic technologies, the...more

Hogan Lovells

President Trump issues “America First Investment Policy” proposing significant changes to inbound and outbound investment regimes

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On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum entitled the “America First Investment Policy” (“NSPM-3”) that outlines the Administration’s national security priorities with respect...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

Congress Holds Hearing on Energy and AI Data Centers — AI: The Washington Report

The emergence of DeepSeek has complicated the outlook for the amount of investment necessary in data centers and electricity generation for AI advancements. Against that backdrop, on March 5, the House Committee on Energy and...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

President Trump Issues “America First Investment Policy”

On February 21, 2025, the White House released a memorandum titled, “America First Investment Policy” (the Memorandum). The Memorandum describes how this Administration plans to address U.S. national security risks stemming...more

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President Trump announces “America First Investment Policy”

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On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that sets out his administration's “America First Investment Policy,” with a particular focus on promoting foreign investment...more

K&L Gates LLP

Trump Administration Directs CFIUS to Tighten Restrictions on Investment From Certain Countries While Easing National Security...

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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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

America First Investment Policy Sets Sights on China

On February 21, the Trump Administration released the America First Investment Policy (the memo or memorandum). The wide-ranging memo formally targets investment from the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

America First Investment Policy: U.S. Foreign Investment Policy Evolves under Trump 2.0

Last week, the White House issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (“NSPM”) intended to address current national security threats while preserving an open environment for international investment....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Challenging Final Orders Under the NSIA – Merely Difficult, or Impossible?

Scottish chip firm loses temporary injunction application for relief while divestment decision is challenged by judicial review, following the UK issuing its third Annual Report on the NSIA. The UK High Court of Justice has...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

[Podcast] Alumni @ RopesTalk: DeepSeek Deep Dive with Dr. Vasanth Sarathy, Tufts University

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On this special edition of Ropes & Gray’s Alumni @ RopesTalk podcast series, technology and IP transactions partner Regina Sam Penti is joined by Dr. Vasanth Sarathy, a professor of computer science at Tufts University and a...more

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Legal Update: Final Rule Implementing U.S. Outbound Investments Restrictions Goes into Effect

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On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury Department) published a final rule (Final Rule) setting forth the regulations implementing Executive Order 14150 of August 9, 2023 (Outbound Investment Order),...more

Alston & Bird

New Presidential Memorandum Promises to Strengthen and Simplify CFIUS Procedures, Curtail PRC Investment

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On Friday, February 21st, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that is aimed at promoting foreign investment while protecting America’s national security interests, particularly from...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

‘America First Investment Policy’ Aims To Reshape CFIUS and ‘Reverse CFIUS’

On February 21, 2025, the White House released President Donald Trump’s “America First Investment Policy” memorandum (Investment Policy), which outlined several initiatives to incentivize investment from U.S. allies and...more

Wiley Rein LLP

President Trump Announces “America First Investment Policy” to Promote Investments from Allies and Enhance Restrictions on China

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On February 21, 2025, President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) announcing an “America First Investment Policy” focused on promoting foreign investment in the United States from allies and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Update on Outbound U.S. Investment Restrictions and Export Controls

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New U.S. investment and export control measures are shaping how businesses engage with foreign markets, particularly China. From limiting outbound investments to tightening export licenses, these evolving policies from the...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

AI Action Paris Summit 2025: Key Takeaways on Global AI Governance

The AI Action Summit brought together a wide-ranging assembly of influential figures to discuss the future of artificial intelligence (AI) governance, risk mitigation and international cooperation. The attendees included...more

WilmerHale

CFIUS Under Trump 2.0: Continued Scrutiny of Cross-Border Deals

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In 2024, the Biden Administration substantially expanded executive branch power to monitor foreign investment into and out of the United States. First, the administration continued efforts to aggressively police compliance...more

Cooley LLP

Assessing the Impact of the Outbound Investment Security Program on Debt Transactions

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On January 2, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury implemented the new Outbound Investment Security Program (OISP), which prohibits or imposes notification requirements on certain investments by US persons in persons that...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

U.S. Issues Unprecedented Order Restricting Investment in China

Senator Cornyn made the above statement on the Senate floor on November 14, 2023, while advocating for his colleagues to pass the Outbound Investment Transparency Act as part of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act...more

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