Foreign investment in the EU: a tale of competing tensions
There appears to be an emerging trend in Europe for governments to intervene in foreign takeovers of local companies in order to safeguard national interests and prevent the loss of key strategic industries overseas. However, this causes underlying tension with the widely-held ambition for their countries’ economies to be open to foreign investment and free trade. This article focusses on recent developments in the approach to foreign investment in the EU, Germany and the UK.
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