The US seeks to tighten controls on foreign investment

The US seeks to tighten controls on foreign investment

This decree is added to the appeals made by the general Laura Richardsonhead of the United States Southern Command, who had warned that Chinese and Russian investments in Latin America were aimed at “undermining democracy in the United States.”

The White House announced that the new regulations ask those responsible for this committee to analyzeduring the verification process of foreign investments in the United States, five new factors:

– The effect of the transaction on the resilience of the supply chain in both the military and civilian sectors.

– The impact that this investment has on US technological leadership in sectors that affect US national security, particularly in the areas of microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and biomanufacturing, quantum computing, advanced clean energy, and climate adaptation technologies.

– The national security risks associated with the sale of multiple companies in the same sector to foreign buyers.

– Cybersecurity risks.

– Risk to the personal data of Americans.

“Strengthening our supply chains and protecting against foreign threats strengthens our national security, and this order underscores the important role of CFIUS in that work,” said US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellenit’s a statement.

Source: Ambito

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