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rs. The lead on the ZTE account was Bryan Lanza, a former Trump campaign official.”° Also in 2018, the former senior advisor to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross was hired as chief of International Corporate Affairs for another Chinese firm, HNA. Both instances underscore the need for updated revolving-door po

er senior advisor to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross was hired as chief of International Corporate Aff

president in overseeing the national security implications of foreign investment in the economy.*’ As China’s economy and financial weight has grown, CFIUS has reviewed an increasing number of proposed acquisitions of American companies and infrastructure by Chinese entities. Many of these proposed merge

rgy Industries Association President and CEO Abby Ross Hopper and Energy Storage Association President

e popular Chinese- owned video-sharing app this week." Acknowledging for the first time that TikTok was under review, Mnuchin said, "TikTok is under CFIUS review. We will be making a recommendation to the president this week so we have lots of alternatives." CNBC <https://wvvw.cnbc.com/2020/07/29/mnuc

rm With Ties Chinese Communist Party Received PPP Loan. The Daily Caller <https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/02/coronavirus-ppp-china-propagandak (9/2, Ross, 716K) reports, "An American consulting firm that serves as a propagandist for Beijing received loans of up to $350,000 each under the coronavirus

." The fourth scenario involves "ByteDance's licensing the algorithm to the buyer of the TikTok assets, the sources said. However, this could worry CFIUS, which wants ByteDance to forego any relationship it has with TikTok in the United States." The Christian Science Monitor <https://www.csmonitor.com

gy Industries Association President and CEO Abby Ross Hopper and Energy Storage Association President

e popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app this week." Acknowledging for the first time that TikTok was under review, Mnuchin said, "TikTok is under CFIUS review. We will be making a recommendation to the president this week so we have lots of alternatives." CNBC (7/29, Feiner, Macias, 3.62M) reports

ast that Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross has resigned. The city's mayor "said it's in the

To Acquire Russia-Linked Firms's Stake In Cybersecurity Company. The Wall Street Journal (8/20, Louth, Lim, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports CFIUS has approved the transfer of shares of cybersecurity firm Cofense from a Russian private equity fund to Blackrock. The deal completes a lengthy pro

gy Industries Association President and CEO Abby Ross Hopper and Energy Storage Association President

e popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app this week." Acknowledging for the first time that TikTok was under review, Mnuchin said, "TikTok is under CFIUS review. We will be making a recommendation to the president this week so we have lots of alternatives." CNBC (7/29, Feiner, Macias, 3.62M) reports

LARRY DIAMOND ORVILLE SCHELL Senior Fellow Arthur Ross Director The Hoover Institution Center on US-Chin

tment bureau that monitors foreign investments in the United States on national security grounds. In a ruling that surprised the potential investors, CFIUS declined to approve the deal, referring it to then-president Obama. Sources close to the deal noted that the fact that a Phoenix employee in the Unit