China and The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security Thomas Feddo talked about potential security risks posed by China’s investments in the U.S. and the role of CFIUS, or the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Description
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security Thomas Feddo talked about potential security risks posed by China’s investments in the U.S. and the role of CFIUS, or the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Summarize Thomas Feddo's former role as Assistant Secretary for Investment Security.
- According to Feddo, what is the makeup of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)?
- How does the Committee "screen" potential foreign investments? What are the three potential outcomes?
- Based on the clip, for how long has CFIUS operated? What change did Congress make in 2018, and why?
- What "risks" does CFIUS typically see? According to Feddo, what specific risks does China pose?
- What "noticeable" trend is evident on the graph shown in the video clip? To what does Feddo attribute this trend?
Additional Resources
- Video Clip: Who Owns Federal Debt?
- Video Clip: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on International Trade
- Video Clip: 118th Congress and the Chinese Communist Party
- Video Clip: Phase One of the U.S.-China Trade Deal
- Bell Ringer: China and Economic Development
- Bell Ringer: Foreign Investment in Nigeria
- Bell Ringer: China’s Economic Growth and Legitimacy
- Bell Ringer: Chinese Protectionist Trade Policies
- Bell Ringer: Chinese Economy, Trade, and the Impact on the U.S.
- Bell Ringer: The Future of American and Chinese Economic Power
Participants
Vocabulary
- Asset
- Chinese Communist Party
- Civil Military Fusion
- Congress
- Deliberation
- Department Of Defense
- Department Of Homeland Security
- Department Of Justice
- Department Of The Treasury
- Espionage
- Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act Of 2018
- Infrastructure
- Investment
- Malicious
- National Security
- Presidential Cabinet
- Real Estate
- Secretary Of The Treasury
- State Department
- Statute
- Venture Capital