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Pres. Biden blocked the Nippon-U.S. Steel deal under a law stemming from opposition to a Japanese investment decades ago. But did he exceed his legal authority?Hdeel Abdelhady discusses the order's potential vulnerabilities.

https://t.co/VHMtchyPhK

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Is there a Trump Trade doctrine? For decades Trump has linked trade to U.S. military dominance (such as on Oprah and in a full-page NY Times ad). We revisit Trump's approach of linking #trade to U.S. military dominance.
https://t.co/yhM9C8oKuw
#tariffs

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Did President Biden lack or exceed his authority to block the Nippon-U.S. Steel deal? @MassPointPLLC 's Hdeel Abdelhady examines the issues in La360.

#CFIUS #NipponSteel #USSteel

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The Nippon and U.S. Steel #CFIUS case is a rare opportunity to test the limits of presidential authority to block foreign investment in the United States.
https://t.co/VHMtchyPhK

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The U.S.-China tech war continues to escalate, with the underground battle surfacing once again. In response to U.S. curbs on high tech exports, China announced curbs on exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, and antimony. https://t.co/LdwhqnLvyH

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The Minerals Security Partnership announced the MSP Finance Network for sustainable investment in "global #criticalmineral supply chains." https://t.co/qRrx6E35QE

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Next on our faculty spotlight is Hdeel Abdelhady, Professorial Lecturer in Law at GW Law and Principal of @MassPointPLLC. She will be teaching 6891 Foreign Access to US Technology in Spring 2024.

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CFTC in "far reaching" probe of Trafigura, including #corruption (Guardian). https://t.co/HcW9lFl2fM. The CFTC's anti-corruption focus is consistent with Trump Admin policy on extractives, as @MassPointPLLC's Hdeel Abdelhady told Reuters last year. https://t.co/zRixrvJx75

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GAO has a new report on foreign investment in U.S. #agriculture and #nationalsecurity. Concerns today are much like they were years back, as captured in our years ago article. What's old is new again (or maybe never got old). https://t.co/8x4XPqWk0j
@MassPoResources #CFIUS

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China formalizes export curbs on rare earths processing technology. The move appears to take a page from the U.S. export controls playbook amidst the ongoing U.S.-China #tech race.
https://t.co/e8l80Z114a
#criticalminerals #rareearths @MassPoResources

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#China announced export controls on #germanium and #gallium, both on the U.S. #criticalminerals list. For background, listen to this (still timely) 2019 panel on critical minerals, national security, and supply chains. https://t.co/PlGyXc4RPY

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The United States may further limit #semiconductor exports to #China, to include less advanced chips (WSJ). Any new controls would tighten restrictions imposed last October. https://t.co/emQ0vCLG1w. #techwar #emergingtech #exportcontrols

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Concerns about Chinese and other foreign investment in U.S. #agriculture are not new, as discussed in this @MassPointPLLC 2016 piece that remains timely. https://t.co/0x1u9ZAxXr

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Senators Stabenow and Ernst have introduced legislation to counter Chinese investment in U.S. #farmland. https://t.co/BzGRnYD78Y

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South Dakota governor and legislators propose legislation to review and reject foreign investment in #agricultural land, through a "local" Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS-SD"). https://t.co/SN1FsKCCek

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Seeing opportunity in crisis, investors and mining companies hunt #criticalminerals in Greenland as the loss of Arctic ice makes exploration more viable. https://t.co/iKElrubCUx
#cobalt

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The U.S. has imposed #DRCongo #sanctions on Alain Goetz, African Gold Refinery (Uganda) and related entities in the UAE and Belgium for involvement in "the illicit movement of gold valued at hundreds of millions of dollars per year from the" DRC. #mining https://t.co/BbgX7UXmm8

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U.S. sanctions on #Russia likely to be felt widely, writes Hdeel Abdelhady in Reuters. https://t.co/NfWb2RAJJ4
#payments #sanctions
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For some recent history in Congressional concerns about foreign investment on #agriculture and #farmland (and water), see @MassPointPLLC's discussion of the issues as of 2016. https://t.co/ttq7z9zp1F

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Iowa Senator Grassley renews concerns about foreign investment in US #farmland and calls to add USDA to #CFIUS. https://t.co/joyhXfXbxF. #agriculture

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Serbia cancelled Rio Tinto's #lithium exploration license for a project valued at $2.4 bln. The move appears to halt, for now, Rio's plans to become a top 10 lithium producer. https://t.co/IFGzDWMw12 #GreenEnergy #ElectricVehicles #mining #criticalminerals