Current Laws, Legislation, and Testimonies

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Elements of Foreign Investment Laws

International

GAPP – Santiago Principles

Australia

Foreign Investment Review Board – Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulations 1989

China

Governor Zhou Xiaochuan of the People’s Bank of China (PBC) – Reform the International Monetary System

European Union

3/28/2008 – EU Commissioner, Speech by Peter Mandelson at the OECD Conference – Putting Sovereign Wealth in Perspective

United Kingdom

July 2008 – UK House of Commons Library- Economic Indicators

United States

United States – GAO Report – Laws Limiting Foreign Investment Affect Certain U.S. Assets and Agencies Have Various Enforcement Processes

United States – EXON-FLORIO PROVISION

United States – SUMMARY – CFIUS Reform: Final Regulations Issued on November 14, 2008

United States – FULL VERSION – CFIUS Reform: Final Regulations Issued on November 14, 2008

United States – Internal Revenue Code – Section 892 – Foreign Government Investment

4/21/2008 – US Treasury- Proposed Regulation on Mergers, Acquisitions, and Takeovers by Foreign Persons

5/21/2008 – US House Committee on Foreign Affairs – Sovereign Wealth Funds, Oil and the New World Economic Order

6/11/2008 – Congressional Record – US Rep. Marcy Kaptur, [D-OHIO], America needs to recapture its independence from foreign interests

08/2008- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System – International Finance Discussion Papers – Friends or Foes? The Stock Price Impact of Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments and the Price of Keeping Secrets