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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Trump Administration Issues Broad Sanctions Relief for Syria, Effectively Lifting 14 Years of Comprehensive Economic Sanctions –...

On May 23, 2025, 10 days after President Trump announced his directive to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria during his visit to Saudia Arabia last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...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

Blank Rome LLP

The BR International Trade Report: April 2025

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Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, sanctions, cross-border investment, geopolitical risk issues, trends, and laws...more

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Trump Administration’s “America First Investment Policy” Previews New Restrictions on Inbound and Outbound Investment

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On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a new memorandum addressing both foreign investment into the United States and outbound investment by US persons. Without imposing immediate legal or regulatory changes, the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Investment Reviews, Sanctions, Exports, and More: The Enforcement Outlook Under ‎Trump

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With an array of unprecedented executive orders and other policies, the Trump administration’s “America First” trade strategy is beginning to take shape. As we monitor these developments, it is becoming increasingly clear...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Trump Administration Sets Foreign Investment Goals Under the "America First Investment Policy"

On Feb. 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) introducing an “America First Investment Policy,” which sets the stage for a significant realignment of U.S. investment regulations....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

BIS Issues Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion as Biden Exits

On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that expands controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs or chips) and model weights...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Trump Administration 2.0 – International Trade and National Security Update

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The incoming Trump administration is likely to continue the trend of strengthening export controls over AI and advanced semiconductors destined to China. During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, the Bureau of...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - August 2021

1. Biden Administration Trade Posture- The Biden administration is slowly and steadily reviewing the decisions of the Trump administration. So far, the administration has struck a deal with the EU to end the 17-year-old...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

National Security Meets Teenage Dance Battles: Trump Issues Executive Orders Impacting TikTok and WeChat Business in the U.S.

On August 6, 2020, Trump issued two separate executive orders that will severely restrict TikTok and WeChat’s business in the United States. For weeks, the media has reported on Trump’s desire to “ban” TikTok with speculation...more

White & Case LLP

US Targets Telecommunications Transactions Involving the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

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On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order (EO), "Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain," prohibiting certain transactions involving...more

White & Case LLP

Peak performance: US M&A in 2018: Confidence, cash and tax cuts: The US M&A landscape in 2018

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The US M&A market delivered another year of strong performance in 2018. Though deal volume dipped 2 percent year-on-year to 5,682 deals, deal value was up by 15 percent over the period, to US$1.5 trillion - A number of...more

Clark Hill PLC

Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 49

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Year End Budget Battle. On Friday, President Trump signed the two-week Continuing Resolution (H.J. Res. 143) into law, funding the government through December 21st....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

CFIUS: China Deals That Can Still Be Done

The Trump Administration is making China deals more difficult. But business has to get done, and companies are finding ways to make progress even under the new CFIUS rules. China deals are harder to do under the Trump...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Ten Key Points About CFIUS And Export Control Reform

Congress has agreed upon two pieces of legislation soon to be signed by the President that will provide for a major expansion in the (i) screening by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") of...more

Morgan Lewis

Implications for Chinese Investment in the US After Section 301 Report

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Section 301 provides the president with broad authority to implement new policies and procedures that could impact reviews of Chinese investment in the United States. The president could rely on the International Emergency...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Analysis of Executive Order Prohibiting Broadcom’s Acquisition of Qualcomm

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order blocking Broadcom Limited’s acquisition of chipmaker Qualcomm, Inc. (the Order) is the latest in a series of significant actions and statements regarding the national security...more

BCLP

President Blocks Hostile Takeover of Qualcomm Upon Recommendation from CFIUS

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On March 12, 2018, President Trump issued an Executive Order blocking the proposed $117 billion hostile takeover of Qualcomm Incorporated by Broadcom Limited following a recommendation from the Committee on Foreign Investment...more

Jones Day

Chinese Investments and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

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The Situation: Transactions involving Chinese investors continue to receive increased scrutiny by CFIUS. The Result: Chinese investments in the United States can face an uphill battle at CFIUS....more

Foster Garvey PC

CFIUS’s Concerns With Chinese Investments and Acquisitions in the U.S.

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On January 2, 2018, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) rejected Ant Financial’s plan to acquire U.S. money transfer company MoneyGram International over national security concerns. According to...more

A&O Shearman

M&A Watch: Ant Financial and MoneyGram Terminate Merger Agreement Due to CFIUS Concerns

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MoneyGram International Inc. and Ant Financial Services Group recently announced the termination of their agreement providing for the acquisition of Texas-based money transfer company MoneyGram by China-based Ant Financial...more

Baker Donelson

Sweeping Implications for CFIUS Reform: Bipartisan FIRRMA Legislation Gains Traction

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As President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 9 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, he surprised many by giving China "great credit" for "taking advantage of" the United States on key...more

Williams Mullen

President Trump Blocks Sale of U.S. Company to Chinese Buyers Under CFIUS

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On September 13, 2017 President Trump ordered that the acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation by Chinese purchasers be “prohibited” under CFIUS. While this is the first publically announced blocking of an...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: M&A Guide to CFIUS: How the Review Process Can Impact Your Transaction

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or "the Committee") has received much attention over the past several months for its role in blocking two separate Chinese acquisitions of US semiconductor...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Trump Administration Signals Hard Stance on Chinese Investment in Technology

Two recent CFIUS reviews show that the new administration is taking a hard stance on Chinese investment in technology. CFIUS, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., is an interagency committee that reviews the...more

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