Welcome to the Daily Download – five minutes of the latest in investment screening from fdiwire.com, a curated intelligence and news feed for investment screening news. Today, we begin in Europe, where France has launched a major expansion of its foreign direct investment regime, bringing minority stakes in critical technologies and foreign-listed targets directly under state scrutiny. We also look at practical procedural updates from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, …

Welcome to the Daily Download – five minutes of the latest in investment screening from fdiwire.com, a curated intelligence and news feed for investment screening news. Today, European governments continue to expand their regulatory reach over cross-border capital, as France significantly lowers foreign investment screening thresholds for critical technologies and sensitive assets. We also look at political debate in Australia calling for greater transparency in foreign investment reviews, an…