A Toronto and London-based company with ties to China that licenses its technology to chipmakers received regulatory clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to acquire a U.S.-based semiconductor IP developer.

Surveys carried out by Chinese and U.S. business groups show that their companies are facing some headwinds in the other's market. Growing tensions between the two nations remain a big challenge for companies in both markets, and China's COVID related measures are also a major

After the United States withdrew its armed forces from Afghanistan, there was speculation that China might try to exert its influence there, both politically and economically. In terms of the economy, one sector with potential was the mining of critical minerals, and one key mineral was lithium, which is important

Last week, the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, issued an order that prevents the acquisition of a UK electronic design firm by a Hong Kong company, on the basis that it "is necessary and proportionate to mitigate the risk to national security.

Republicans in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have proposed legislation that would restrict investment from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia in U.S. agricultural land and businesses.

Two Republican Senators have introduced legislation that would prohibit members of the Chinese Communist Party from purchasing land in the United States.

On August 2, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency body that reviews certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States to determine the effect on national security, released its annual report to Congress for 2021.