Article: Potential New Impediments To M&A Transactions: Restrictions On Foreign State-Owned Enterprises And A New National Security Test In Canada.(Investment Canada Act)(U.S. Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 )

Article: Foreign State-Owned Investors Spark ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  October 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... protected as "national security." The Canadian ... concern regarding foreign state-owned enterprises ... guidelines for foreign state-owned enterprises and a national security test to be incorporated ... guidelines for foreign state-owned enterprises ...

Article: "Investment Canada Act" Amendments Potentially Focus On ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  March 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... would have added "national security" as a ground under ... state-owned," foreign state-owned3 enterprises ... to in the report (foreign state investments), may be narrower than "national security." That said, like ...

Article: SEN. DODD CALLS ON ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER IMPACT OF FOREIGN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... and its potential national security implications. Over ... for protecting our national security from undue foreign ... when it involves foreign state-owned entities ... Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (Public ...

Article: Hungary mulling law blocking foreign ...
Hungary Business News;  July 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... mulling law blocking foreign state-affiliated companies ... indirectly controlled by a foreign state to gain control over ... acquisitions on "national security" grounds. The prime ... that are backed by foreign state capital. "We did ...

Article: Foreign state cos to need approval to buy more than ...
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  January 30, 2007 ;     439 words ...Foreign state cos to need approval to buy more than 25% of strategic Russian cos ... investment in commercial organizations of strategic importance to Russian national security, which the government will consider at a meeting on Wednesday ...

Article: New guidelines for foreign state-owned businesses
Winnipeg Free Press;  December 8, 2007 ;     330 words ... ... Minister Jim Prentice has released updated guidelines for foreign state-owned enterprises that wish to invest in Canada, although ... part of the government's broader goal of safeguarding national security while promoting foreign investment in Canada. "We are ...

Article: New Guidelines On Foreign Investment In Canada By Foreign ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  December 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Investment Canada Act to takeovers of Canadian businesses by foreign state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This follows the government ... s consideration of changes to the Act. Another area - national security - remains under review, and a broader policy review of ...