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United Kingdom: Government blocks the sale of Newport Wafer Fab on national security grounds

Announcement

16 Nov 2022

In November 2022, the UK government issued a divestment order on national security grounds.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

16 Nov 2022

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 16 Nov 2022
FDI: Entry and ownership rule In force

On 16 November 2022, the UK government blocked the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Chinese-owned Nexperia due to national security concerns. The decision was made pursuant to the National Security and...

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