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Global Trade Alert

United Kingdom: Three new sectors are included in the FDI screening mechanism

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21 Jul 2020

On 21 July 2020, the UK government made an amendment in the Enterprise Act 2002 lowering the jurisdictional thresholds for merger controls in the sectors of artificial intelligence, cryptographic authentication technology, and advanced materials.

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1

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0 likely harmful

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Implementation date

21 Jul 2020

Revocation date:

03 Jan 2022

Updated: 21 Jul 2020
FDI: Entry and ownership rule

On 21 July 2020, the UK government made an amendment in the Enterprise Act 2002 amending the circumstances when the government may intervene in mergers. With the amendment, the government lowered t...

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