Podcast #16: Turning Tides - EU Foreign Investment Screening, COVID-19, and Growing Scrutiny on China

Chinese FDI in the European Union has skyrocketed over the last decade, increasing by almost 50 times between 2008 and 2016. However, investment levels have since flatlined and even fallen as a result of both a downturn in China's domestic economy as well as growing political headwinds in the global business landscape.

In this episode, Caroline Thomas and Jay Modrall discuss the new FDI screening regulation coming into effect next month in the EU, as well as an implementation guideline for the regulation issued in March by the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, in response to the pandemic. On the UK side, we discuss what the country's foreign investment landscape post-Brexit might look like particularly with a new foreign investment screening regime to be introduced in the form of a new piece of legislation set to be tabled in the coming months.