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United States of America: Presidential order blocking a Chinese-German acquisition of a U.S. semiconductor firm

Announcement

02 Dec 2016

In December 2016, the government of the United States of America announced changed rules for foreign investors.

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Number of interventions

1

0 certainly harmful

1 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

02 Dec 2016

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Last action: 02 Dec 2016
FDI: Entry and ownership rule In force
On December 2, 2016 President Obama signed an order blocking the proposed acquisition of Aixtron, Inc., a California-based subsidiary of the German company Aixtron SE. All involved firms are in the se...
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