National Security Reviews of Foreign Investment

Abstract

The 1988 Exon-Florio Amendment to the Defense Production Act gave the President authority to investigate and block or suspend foreign investments that threaten to impair national security. To assist the Subcommittee in considering the renewal of the Exon-Florio Amendment authority, I will describe the results of our work regarding the following issues: (1) the nature of the administration's authority to review and if necessary block foreign investments during this present period in which the Exon-Florio authority has lapsed, (2) the reasons why it has taken the administration more than a year to implement a presidential divestiture order in the one case that the President ordered to be blocked under the Exon-Florio provision, (3) the types of difficulties experienced by the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (known as CFIUS) in analyzing specific investments under the Exon-Florio provision, and (4) the larger public policy questions.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 26, 1991
Accession Number
ADA270006

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Export Controls
  • Exports
  • Foreign Policy
  • House Of Representatives
  • International Trade
  • Investments
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Production
  • Public Policy
  • Security
  • Technology Transfer
  • United States

Readers

  • Economics
  • Government and Public Administration Law.