(Featuring Elizabeth Stern, Partner, Mayer Brown, and Carl Risch, Partner, Mayer Brown)

Border shutdowns as a result of pandemic policy have been a major sticking point for cross-border investment over the past year. What should investors know about travel into the US right now?

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As the COVID-19 vaccines are being deployed in the US and other countries, with promising results, borders between countries are gradually reopening. But as the pandemic continues to mutate and affect different populations and regions, the rules for what is required when crossing from one nation to another can be confusing—and may even impact investment opportunities.

Elizabeth Stern and Carl Risch, partners with Mayer Brown and part of the firm's Global Mobility and Migration Practice, discuss recent policy changes (as of June 2021) affecting business travel and global mobility, as well as the outlook for cross-border opportunities in the year ahead.