Telecommunications
CFIUS, Team Telecom and China
Adam Chan Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 10:35 AM
What have CFIUS and Team Telecom been up to?
Latest in CFIUS
The Cyberlaw Podcast
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Trump’s Multiple Re-Entry China Policy Vehicles
Stewart Baker Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 9:16 AM
Another week, another Trump administration initiative to hasten the decoupling from China. As with MIRV warheads, the theory seems to be that the next administration can’t shoot them all down. Brian Egan lays out this week’s initiative, which lifts from obscurity a DoD list of Chinese military companies and excludes them from U.S. capital markets.
Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS)
CFIUS’s Excepted Foreign States Provision: U.S. Economic Security Policy Gets Longer Arms
Javid Dharas Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 8:01 AM
The EFS provision offers a new lever through which the United States can incentivize (or compel) consistent standards on foreign investment reviews across like-minded nations.
Social Media
Banning TikTok and WeChat: Another Primer
Robert Chesney Fri, Aug 7, 2020, 2:35 PM
Because now you really need to explain things to your teenager.
Hong Kong
What Trump’s Announcement on Hong Kong Could Mean
Peter E. Harrell Tue, Jun 2, 2020, 9:57 AM
What options are available to the Trump administration to respond to moves by Beijing to erode Hong Kong’s autonomy?
Cybersecurity
What to Make of New U.S. Actions Against Foreign Telecoms
Justin Sherman Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 8:00 AM
The administration recently took two steps to address risks associated with foreign telecom firms. But there is still much to be done in architecting a broader supply chain strategy.
China
Reflections on TikTok and Data Privacy as National Security
Robert D. Williams Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 3:54 PM
What is behind CFIUS's probe into Tik Tok?
Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS)
Treasury Proposes New Rules on CFIUS’s Jurisdiction: Opening the Black Box
Patrick McDonnell Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 9:12 AM
On Sept. 24, the Federal Register published two proposed rules from the U.S. Treasury Department governing the implementation of provisions from the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA).
Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS)
Recognizing Vendor Risks to National Security in the CFIUS Process
Annie I. Antón, Justin Hemmings Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 8:10 AM
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) protects U.S. national security by regulating against attempts by foreign commercial efforts to obtain control in a U.S. trade or business.
Trade and Security
In the Balance: The Future of America’s National Security and Innovation Ecosystem
Robert D. Williams Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 3:01 PM
As the G20 summit in Buenos Aires gets underway, speculation continues to mount over whether U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping can achieve a breakthrough that would put a floor under U.S.-China trade tensions and the ever-deteriorating bilateral relationship.