Bottom line: The US could veto the purchase of brokerage Cowen by a Chinese energy firm, and could also block Ant Financial's purchase of MoneyGram under tougher scrutiny by the Donald Trump administration.

US set to block more Chinese purchases?

Just days after President Donald Trump made his first veto of a Chinese deal in the US, two other deals appear to be running into trouble for similar reasons, though it's too early to call either dead just yet. In both instances...

Bottom line: The US is likely to take a tougher stance towards Chinese M&A of politically sensitive companies following Trump's veto of a major deal, but in such cases will still need to justify the national security risk.

Trump vetoes sale of chipmaker

In a move that is sure to make major waves but wasn't completely unexpected, Donald Trump has made his first big statement on the sale of US high-tech companies to Chinese buyers by formally blocking a relatively large de...

Bottom line: Lattice Semiconductor's sale to a Chinese buyer stands a 50-50 chance of getting national security clearance, benefiting from warming ties between the US and China and lack of defense-related technologies involved.

Lattice still trying to sell to Chinese buyer

More than a year after it first became an acquisition target for chip-hungry Chinese buyers, Lattice Semiconductor (Nasdaq: LSCC) is back in the headlines again with what looks like a last-ditch effort...

第三轮中国战略与经济对话的议题之一是美国如何开放其投资环境，再次把“美国对外国投资安全审查委员会”（CFIUS）的问题摆上了桌面。