The Daily Download — 25 September 2026

FDI Wire - The Daily Download · Sep 25, 2026 · 4m

By asserting that the F-T-C may reject remedy buyers controlled by the Chinese Communist Party—even where a buyer appears commercially capable of preserving market competition—antitrust regulators are erecting an independent security screen. For transaction advisers, this approach means deal teams can no longer separate competition remedies from national security vetting, as competition authorities move to restrict foreign state-backed capital independently of the Committee on Foreign Investm…