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Foreign Investment in the United States: Major Federal Statutory Restrictions

Description: This report takes a look at some of the major federal statutes which presently restrict investment by foreigners. The report first gives a brief history of foreign investment in the United States. It then reviews constitutional justifications and constitutional limitations which exist concerning federal statutory restrictions on foreign ownership of property.
Date: March 27, 2008
Creator: Seitzinger, Michael V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Investor Visas: Policies and Issues

Description: This report provides a brief legislative background, the discussions of immigrant and non immigrant investors visas, a comparison of the U.S, and Canadian immigrant investor programs, an analysis of the relationship between investment and immigration, and finally a review of current issues.
Date: January 29, 2007
Creator: Haddal, Chad C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foreign Investor Protection Under NAFTA Chapter 11

Description: This report summarizes the arbitration procedure used when an investor from one NAFTA party believes that another NAFTA party has breached an obligation under Chapter 11, and the investor suffered loss as a result. This report also examines one of the two most-debated Chapter 11 obligations imposed on the parties: the "fair and equitable treatment" of foreign investors. Additionally, it describes the roughly 20 claims filed so far under NAFTA Chapter 11, including the six against the U.S.
Date: September 29, 2003
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fair Trade in Financial Services: Legislation and the GATT

Description: As many countries enjoy growing financial economies, American banking and securities firms feel excluded from them. Asian countries are perceived as being especially discriminatory against U.S. financiers. Conversely, foreign financiers face few barriers against entry into the United States. Their share of U.S. finance has reached very significant amounts--especially that of Japan in U.S. commercial banking. Both pressures have induced consideration of legislation that could require reciprocity… more
Date: March 10, 1994
Creator: Jackson, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position

Description: The international investment position of the United States is an annual measure of the assets Americans own abroad and the assets foreigners own in the United States. The net position, or the difference between the two, sometimes is referred to as a measure of U.S. international indebtedness. This report looks at international investing patterns and impacts, and ends with considerations on this topic for Congress.
Date: July 28, 2010
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reporting Foreign Financial Assets Under Titles 26 and 31: FATCA and FBAR

Description: This report outlines the U.S. reporting requirements for foreign assets and accounts under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) along with the reporting requirements of the Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) under the Bank Secrecy Act. It also addresses the requirements imposed on foreign financial institutions and the agreements the United States has with other countries to cooperate in information reporting.
Date: March 27, 2014
Creator: Lunder, Erika K. & Pettit, Carol A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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