CFIUS Guidelines Ring in Enforcement Era

Harry Broadman discusses new Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States enforcement guidelines. He comments, “It’s hard to argue against being transparent about all the criteria that the government is going to use in making assessments about national security risks… In many ways, the guidelines clarify and codify what was already standard practice. It is nonetheless helpful to be crystal clear with the investment community as to how a government may look at procedures and risks.”

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