The Japan Times

Japan to beef up foreign investment oversight with own version of CFIUS by year-end

The Finance Ministry is aiming to double the number of its employees working in investment screening operations from the ...
Marketplace

Why the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has been getting busier

It’s been a couple weeks since President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that will require ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the social media app TikTok, to sell it off by January or face an ...
The New York Times

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

The White House has faced backlash for politicizing its review of Nippon Steel’s takeover of the company. By Alan Rappeport, Andrew Duehren and Lauren Hirsch A looming decision in Washington to block ...
The National Law Review

White House Policy Aims to Reshape Foreign Investment in the United States

Who is eligible for the “fast track” for national security reviews? This “fast track” process will apply for “specified allies and partner sources” in US businesses involved with US advanced ...
Flying

ICON’s New CEO, Former CEO Differ on Foreign Investment Committee Probe

“My near-term priorities as CEO are clear: support ICON in the successful completion of the investigation by [the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.], CFIUS…implement the business plan for ...

Japan seeks power to order divestment of foreign acquisitions

Japan plans to amend its foreign investment screening law to give authorities the power to retrospectively order foreign ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Foreign Investment Watchdog Reports Major Uptick in Penalties

The U.S. government panel that reviews transactions for national security issues imposed more penalties last year than in its entire 50-year history, an uptick in activity that comes amid concern ...