Announcement
13 Aug 2018
The FIRRMA overhauls the operations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States in ways that expand the scope of the committee’s jurisdiction and may be more likely to lead to determinations that prohibit acquisitions of U.S. companies by foreign investors
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Number of interventions
3
2 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
13 Aug 2018
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 13 Aug 2018
Public procurement, nes
In force
Section 889 generally prohibits procurement of certain telecom equipment from certain Chinese firms. It provides in relevant part that the head of an executive agency may not—
(A) procure or obtain or...
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Announced: 13 Aug 2018
FDI: Treatment and operations, nes
In force
On August 13, 2018 President Trump signed into law the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA). One section of this law is the Foreign Investment Risk Review Moderni...
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Implementation date
13 Aug 2018
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 13 Aug 2018
Export-related non-tariff measure, nes
In force
The export-control provisions in the bill, as provided in Subtitle B, are known as the Export Controls Act of 2018. Viewed in isolation, these provisions might appear as a substantial expansion in pre...
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End prolongation: 14 Jun 2024
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