ANALYSIS: How Old CFIUS Grappled with New Challenges

China has come to dominate the transactions reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), accounting for more than 19% of all investments reviewed from 2013 to 2015. A review of CFIUS’s history sheds light on how its national security mandate has expanded and evolved in response to cross-border challenges in mergers and acquisitions, investments and other foreign party transactions.

Even Open Economies Have Security Concerns

CFIUS has become a key player in U.S. actions to address economic and national security challenges. Created during the 1970s and given expanded powers repeatedly in response to shifts ...