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On the recordApril 5, 2022
CFIUS only reviews a few hundred transactions a year, and it focuses on investments that lead to foreign control of important U.S. businesses.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the limitations of CFIUS in preventing foreign adversaries from investing in critical sectors.

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