The telecom company China Mobile International (CMI) has filed a legal challenge to a Canadian government order, issued on the basis of national security concerns, that it sell off or wind down its Canadian investments. Government reviews based on security concerns tend to be highly confidential, with little information available

The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board recently released its annual report [https://firb.gov.au/sites/firb.gov.au/files/2021-06/FIRB2019-20AnnualReport.pdf] for 2019-2020, documenting the foreign investment transactions it considered during that period. The report offers data and explanations related to investment coming into Australia from China. The

On July 26, 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 [https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/206/CFIUS-Public-Annual-Report-CY-2020.pdf] to Congress for

On June 11, Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced the “Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act.” As he put it [https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-roy-introduces-legislation-bar-china-buying-american-land] in a press release, the goal is “to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from owning land in the United States.” He