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National Security and Direct Investment — Canadian Style — Same as U.S.?

Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned oil company, is battling the Canadian government to allow its proposed $5.3bn acquisition of Progress Energy Resolution. Also waiting approval is China’s CNOOC’s proposed $15bn acquisition of Nexen, another Canadian company. The issues raised by the Canadian government … Continue reading

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International Investment — Federal and State Action Required to Create Jobs.

The authors of a new Council of Foreign Relations study on U.S. trade and investment policy states, “(T)he U.S. must, for the first time in its history, take serious measures to attract international investment …. (F)ederal, not just state-led, efforts to … Continue reading

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