Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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United States of America
Extension of an existing investment ban for U.S. citizens in certain Chinese companies
02 Aug 2021On June 3, 2021, the Government issued an executive order enacting a prohibition on investment by U.S. nationals in several Chinese companies operating in the surveillance technology sector.
The Executive Order expands the scope of a previous ban, enacted on November 2020, which targeted companies owned or controlled by the Chinese military.
The new regulation redefines the scope of the investment ban to cover companies related to China's defense and surveillance technology sector. It prohibits U.S. persons from purchasing or selling publicly traded securities of the targeted entities, or any derivative instruments that could provide investment exposure to the aforementioned securities.
As a result, 59 companies covered by the measure are listed in the annex to the order. Chinese telecom companies unrelated to Chinese military, which were covered by the previous order, have been removed from the list.
The executive order provides a one-year deadline for divestment by U.S. persons who hold investments in the covered companies. The executive order will go into effect on August 2, 2021.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Ownership and control)
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Industry:
- Services (Telecommunications)
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Sources:
- The White House, Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People’s Republic of China , https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/03/executive-order-on-addressing-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance-certain-companies-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/, 03 Jun 2021
- New York Times, Biden Expands Trump-Era Ban on Investment in Chinese Firms Linked to Military, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/03/us/biden-news-today/biden-china-surveillance-order, 18 Jun 2021
- Bloomberg, Biden Blocks 59 Chinese Companies in Amended Trump Order, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-03/biden-to-blacklist-59-chinese-companies-in-amended-trump-order, 03 Jun 2021
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.