CELIS-NEWS

France shields Carrefour from takeover in food security battle  POLITICO.eu

2020 Year-End German Law Update  Gibson Dunn

Rounding out 2020 Foreign Direct Investment Regulations  Finextra

Couche-Tard faces clash with French government over Carrefour bid  Financial Times

Malta’s NFDI screening office act is out  Lexology

Malta’s NFDI Screening Office Act Is Out – Government, Public Sector – Malta  Mondaq News Alerts

Australian treasurer won’t say if he was stopping China sale  Washington Post

Couche-Tard’s $20 Billion Carrefour Bid in Doubt as France Balks  Bloomberg

Couche-Tard faces clash with French government over Carrefour bid  Financial Times

Foreign investment interventions hit historic high  Lexology

Australia blocks $300m Chinese takeover  Queensland Times

China’s bid for Australian construction giant Probuild blocked on ‘national interest’ grounds  The Australian

China Upgrades Security Review on Foreign Investment  Lexology

South African rand pauses as vaccine progress checks slide  Nasdaq

National security concerns thwart Chinese bid for major builder  Brisbane Times

Romania: FDI rules soon to be tightened  Lexology

Twitter shares slump 8% after Trump account suspension  Nasdaq

South Africa’s WBHO says buyer drops bid for Australian construction firm  Reuters

CANADA FX DEBT-Canadian dollar falls by most since October as greenback rallies  Nasdaq

The Future of Chinese Investment in Post-Pandemic Europe  Lexology

Working towards an EU-wide harmonised FDI screening process  Times of Malta

China tried to add eleventh-hour Huawei revenge clause to EU deal  South China Morning Post

Towards an EU-wide harmonised FDI screening process  MaltaToday

An overview of the National Security and Investment Bill: Government powers to intervene in investment  Lexology

Judy Asks: Is the EU-China Deal a Mistake?  Carnegie Europe