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Foreign Direct Investment and National Security. By Chad DeHartchuck. Since 9/11, major security concerns 2011 – U.S. reached 2.6 trillion domestically 4.1 trillion abroad Major oversight powers by Congress and other security groups Clear industries sited as security concerns
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Foreign Direct Investment and National Security By Chad DeHartchuck
Since 9/11, major security concerns • 2011 – U.S. reached 2.6 trillion domestically • 4.1 trillion abroad • Major oversight powers by Congress and other security groups • Clear industries sited as security concerns • Telecommunications, infrastructure, energy, financial structures Overview
No definition established over national economic security implications for FDI • Concerns of whether national security borders on protectionism • No concept of marginal benefits or costs when investment is restricted over national security Problems
To address the issues associated with no parameters over national economic security regarding FDI • May address the marginal costs and benefits from restricting FDI • To examine how many cases have overstepped the boundaries of national security Policy Proposal
http://www.internationaltraderelations.com/Global%20Governance%202025%20(NIC%20&%20ISS,%20Nov.%202010).pdfhttp://www.internationaltraderelations.com/Global%20Governance%202025%20(NIC%20&%20ISS,%20Nov.%202010).pdf • http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1169583 • http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL34561.pdf • http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/international/Pages/Committee-on-Foreign-Investment-in-US.aspx • http://www.unpri.org/press/principles-for-responsible-investment-hit-8-trillion-mark-on-first-year-anniversary/ • http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08320.pdf • http://www.cfr.org/business-and-foreign-policy/foreign-investment-national-security/p11146 • http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-110hr556enr/pdf/BILLS-110hr556enr.pdf • http://labhi.staff.umm.ac.id/files/2010/12/U.S.-National-Security.pdf Sources/Links