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Last week, the Department of the Treasury announced that it intends to launch a pilot program for a fast-track CFIUS process. Here’s more from the short announcement:

This process will include the launch of a Known Investor portal where the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), chaired by Treasury, can collect information from foreign investors in advance of a filing. Initially, Treasury will conduct a pilot of this process and build from it over time.

Pursuant to the President’s directive in the America First Investment Policy, Treasury is focused on increasing efficiencies in the CFIUS process to facilitate greater investment from allies and partners where there is verifiable distance and independence from foreign adversaries or threat actors.

I haven’t seen any indication of when the pilot program will kick off. Stay tuned!

– Meredith Ervine