February 14, 2025
Congress moves to legislate outbound investment, extend Haiti trade preferences
Lawmakers have agreed to new restrictions on outbound investment and to renew U.S. trade preferences to Haiti as part of a short-term government funding bill while abandoning a push to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Congressional leaders released the more than 1,500-page bill , which will fund the government through mid-March, following days of haggling. It includes a much-anticipated bill to restrict outbound investment in key Chinese technologies. The “Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act” or COINS Act,...
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