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  • Saturday, 23 January, 2021
    John Fingleton
    Britain must rethink its ‘national security’ law

    New powers to intervene in deals will staunch the economic lifeblood of foreign direct investment

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Chinese trade
    Australia cites national security to block China buying local builder

    Canberra’s decision to stop CSCEC purchase sends a clear message to Beijing

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Inside BusinessBen Hall
    What an EU-China investment treaty would mean for companies

    Negotiators rush to complete a limited deal between two giant markets

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    EU should bide its time on China investment deal

    Beijing has offered concessions on market access in hurry to seal accord

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    US-China trade dispute
    Chinese state-backed funds invest in US tech despite Washington curbs

    Groups strike deals in sensitive sectors even as new rules enacted over security concerns

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Turkish economy
    Qatar to buy stake in Istanbul stock exchange

    Series of deals reaffirm Doha’s support for Ankara as Turkey’s economy struggles

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Private equity
    Indonesia woos US private equity for new sovereign wealth fund

    Approach to likes of Blackstone and Carlyle a big test of investor appetite after reforms

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    African economy
    Nigeria’s richest plough money into Africa’s biggest economy

    Home-grown entrepreneurs’ confidence contrasts with caution of overseas investors

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Foreign investors pile back into booming China

    Beijing says country is a ‘safe harbour’ after its rapid recovery from the pandemic

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  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The UK must guard against protectionism

    An overhaul of takeover rules is welcome but entails risks

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Tightening takeover rules: the UK finally catches up Premium

    The UK’s new foreign investment rules put it in line with the rest of the world, top lawyers and advisers tell DD

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    UK takes aim at China with revamp of takeover rules

    Boris Johnson wants greater powers to block deals on national security grounds

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    UK M&A: intervening before elevenses Premium

    Politicians will need uncharacteristic grit to resist protectionist pressures

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    UK toughens takeover rules over security concerns

    Move covers prospective foreign buyers of companies in 17 sensitive UK industries

  • Monday, 9 November, 2020
    UK inward investment
    Boris Johnson creates new office to boost foreign investment

    Economists fear overseas companies based in the UK may reduce investments after Brexit

  • Sunday, 1 November, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    A blueprint for America’s economic recovery

    Here’s how the next US president — hopefully Joe Biden — could fix things

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Inside BusinessJames Shotter
    Poland’s biggest IPO raises expectations for foreign investors

    Allegro’s success does not change government’s ambivalence towards foreign capital

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    Indonesia
    Indonesia’s parliament passes sweeping reform bill

    Overhaul of tax and labour market laws rushed through parliament despite union protests

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    US-China trade dispute
    China-US investment falls to lowest in almost a decade

    Political tensions and coronavirus fallout hit commerce between world’s biggest economies

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd
    Australia set to bar China dairy takeover as trade tensions rise

    Canberra opposes China Mengniu acquisition of some of nation’s biggest milk brands

  • Thursday, 13 August, 2020
    Inside BusinessSilvia Sciorilli Borrelli
    Covid crisis gives cover for Italy’s interventionist instincts

    Investors and businesses believe policy changes have as much to do with dirigisme as saving the economy

  • Monday, 20 July, 2020
    UK inward investment
    Tory hawks press button on nuclear power battle with China

    After Huawei, energy sector looks set to be next flashpoint in Sino-British relations

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Huawei Technologies
    US warns UK over Huawei plan to spend £1bn on chip facility

    Permission for Chinese group to build development centre in Cambridgeshire draws state department ire

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Inside BusinessJoe Miller
    Germany flexes its muscles on foreign investment

    Berlin has taken a stake in vaccine developer CureVac and is tightening rules on overseas money more broadly

  • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
    Special ReportInvesting in Serbia
    Pandemic and EU’s neglect tighten bonds with China

    Belgrade is key to Chinese regional plans and Brussels’ Covid-19 policy has helped

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