Senators float bill to strengthen outbound foreign investment rule

As expected, a group of Senators has proposed legislation that would limit U.S. investments in certain technologies in China, including AI, advanced semiconductors, quantum systems, and hypersonics. The bill is one of several recent moves aimed at strengthening the...

Two more bills addressing Chinese purchases of farmland introduced

Two legislative proposals have been introduced in the House and Senate that would impact foreign purchases of agricultural land in the U.S. The bills, which get added to a group of more than a dozen related proposals, take slightly different approaches to regulating...

Top advisors at nexus of national security and foreign investment

Congratulations to the experts who were selected as Foreign Investment Watch’s “Top Advisors 2025.” Out of hundreds of submissions, we selected 40 individuals based on myriad criteria, from experience and references to one-on-one interactions with Foreign Investment...

Trump to make CFIUS more China focused; eliminate certain NSAs

Last week, President Trump issued a sweeping national security memorandum that appears to transform CFIUS into a regime-specific entity. It also would “cease the use of overly bureaucratic, complex, and open-ended mitigation agreements.” Details and the memorandum are...