United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2008-02-28 monographic deposited born digital 110 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-320 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-320 P0b002ee180386b9c f:d08320 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-320 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-320 GAO-08-320 Federal law Foreign governments Foreign investments in US Foreign policies Foreign trade agreements Foreign trade policies Homeland security International relations International trade International trade regulation Policy evaluation Other Written Product A81176 Foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies can pose a significant challenge for the U.S. government because of the need to balance the benefits of foreign investment with national security concerns. The Exon-Florio amendment to the Defense Production Act authorizes the President to suspend or prohibit foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies that may harm national security. To better understand how other countries deal with similar challenges, GAO was asked to identify how other countries address the issues that Exon-Florio is intended to address. Specifically, this report describes selected countries' (1) laws and policies enacted to regulate foreign investment to protect their national security interests and (2) implementation of those laws and policies. This report updates a 1996 GAO report that describes how four major foreign investors in the United States--France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom--monitored foreign investment in their own countries to protect national security interests. It also examines foreign investment in six additional countries: Canada, China, India, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). GAO reviewed selected laws and regulations and interviewed foreign government officials and others concerning their implementation and any planned changes to their foreign investment laws, regulations, and policies. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-320/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-320.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-320/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-320.pdf GAO-08-320 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-320 Other Written Product GAO-08-320; Foreign Investment: Laws and Policies Regulating Foreign Investment in 10 Countries; Federal law Foreign governments Foreign investments in US Foreign policies Foreign trade agreements Foreign trade policies Homeland security International relations International trade International trade regulation Policy evaluation Volume 102 Page 1107 102 Stat. 1107 Public Law 100-418 Public Law 110-49