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foreign investment and national security act of 2007
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Foreign direct investment is vital to the continued growth and vitality of the U.S. economy. Except for transactions affecting national security, foreign investment receives little scrutiny from the U.S. government. This Note addresses the appropriate level of congressional influence in the review of foreign-investment transactions. In regulating foreign investment, Congress must delicately balance the competing interests of national security and open investment. The latest amendment to regulations in this area is the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 ("FINSA"). Several changes brought about by FINSA make meaningful improvements to U.S. regulation of foreign investment; however, FINSA inappropriately increases congressional involvement in the review process conducted ...
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Congress has consistently struggled with balancing regulation of foreign direct investment (FDI) so as to protect the national security of the US while promoting foreign investment that improves the US economy. Congress has often enacted these FDI regulations in response to a real or perceived threat to national security. Congress passed the latest installment of FDI regulation, the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA), and it became effective in October 2007. Part II of this article examines the history of the specific laws that Congress has passed to regulate FDI, the threats to national security that prompted congressional action, and the details of the current law after FINSA. Part III details the FINSA modifications to existing FDI regulation. Finally, in Pa...
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... under which the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States completes action f...Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (``FINSA''). DATES: Effective...
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The regulatory regime that governs the national security review of foreign acquisitions of US companies has drawn significant attention recently as a result of several high-profile transactions. The frequent political opposition to foreign acquisitions can be driven not only be genuine national security concerns, but also by protectionist impulses. If the US is seen as using national security review to engage in protectionism, this could provoke a protectionist backlash in other parts of the world and hurt US companies. The Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007, which was singed into law on July 26, 2007 and went into effect on October 24, 2007, is the latest effort to modify and update the regulatory framework governing the foreign acquisition of US companies. This artic...
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Today I issued an Executive order reforming how the United States reviews national security concerns that may arise from foreign investments, in light of the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007.
