In security-driven manoeuvres designed to reverse a decades-long trend toward increasingly open markets, the US in particular, are introducing stronger measures to vet foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign takeovers of strategic economic assets. One such measure is the recently enacted Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA).
In an article published by Financier Worldwide, Joyce Lee from FTI Consulting shares why FIRRMA should be viewed in both a commercial and geopolitical context.