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Outbound Investment Screening Becomes a Reality

On August 9, after months of deliberations, President Biden issued a new Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern (the “EO”). Simultaneously, the Department of the Treasury issued a draft advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on the Executive Order’s implementing regulations. This EO is focused on preventing China, including the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, from developing national security technologies and products. National...