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* 2006: State-owned [[Dubai Ports World]]'s planned acquisition of [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company|P&O]], the lessee and operator of many terminals, mostly for container ships, in several ports, including in New York-New Jersey and others in the US. This acquisition was initially approved by CFIUS and then President G.W. Bush, but was eventually opposed by Congress ([[Dubai Ports World controversy]]). | * 2006: State-owned [[Dubai Ports World]]'s planned acquisition of [[Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company|P&O]], the lessee and operator of many terminals, mostly for container ships, in several ports, including in New York-New Jersey and others in the US. This acquisition was initially approved by CFIUS and then President G.W. Bush, but was eventually opposed by Congress ([[Dubai Ports World controversy]]). | ||
* 2010: Russian interests acquired a controlling interest in [[Uranium One]], which has 20 percent of U.S. uranium extraction capacity.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Qiu|first1=Linda|title=Donald Trump inaccurately suggests Clinton got paid to approve Russia uranium deal|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-suggests-clinton-got-pai/|access-date=July 29, 2017|publisher=Politifact|date=June 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803112819/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-suggests-clinton-got-pai/|archive-date=August 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the deal because Uranium One only has a license for uranium recovery, not uranium export.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2010/10-211.pdf|title=NRC Approves Transfer of Control of Uranium Recovery Licenses to Russian Firm|date=January 29, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129043258/https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2010/10-211.pdf|archive-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref> | * 2010: Russian interests acquired a controlling interest in [[Uranium One]], which has 20 percent of U.S. uranium extraction capacity.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Qiu|first1=Linda|title=Donald Trump inaccurately suggests Clinton got paid to approve Russia uranium deal|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-suggests-clinton-got-pai/|access-date=July 29, 2017|publisher=Politifact|date=June 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803112819/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-inaccurately-suggests-clinton-got-pai/|archive-date=August 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the deal because Uranium One only has a license for uranium recovery, not uranium export.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2010/10-211.pdf|title=NRC Approves Transfer of Control of Uranium Recovery Licenses to Russian Firm|date=January 29, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129043258/https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2010/10-211.pdf|archive-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref> | ||
* 2012: Ralls Corporation, owned by the Chinese [[Sany Group]],<ref>Banerjee, Neela, and Don Lee, [http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/la-na-china-wind-farms-20120929,0,5616624.story "Obama blocks Chinese firm's Oregon wind farm projects"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002144547/http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/la-na-china-wind-farms-20120929,0,5616624.story |date=October 2, 2012 }}, ''Los Angeles Times'', September 29, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.</ref> was ordered by President [[Barack Obama]] to divest itself of four small [[wind farm]] projects located too close to a U.S. Navy weapons systems training facility in [[Boardman, Oregon]].<ref name="oreAP">{{cite news | title= Obama blocks Chinese purchase of small Oregon wind farm project | url= http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/oregon_wind_farm_purchase_by_c.html | agency= | * 2012: Ralls Corporation, owned by the Chinese [[Sany Group]],<ref>Banerjee, Neela, and Don Lee, [http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/la-na-china-wind-farms-20120929,0,5616624.story "Obama blocks Chinese firm's Oregon wind farm projects"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002144547/http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/la-na-china-wind-farms-20120929,0,5616624.story |date=October 2, 2012 }}, ''Los Angeles Times'', September 29, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.</ref> was ordered by President [[Barack Obama]] to divest itself of four small [[wind farm]] projects located too close to a U.S. Navy weapons systems training facility in [[Boardman, Oregon]].<ref name="oreAP">{{cite news | title= Obama blocks Chinese purchase of small Oregon wind farm project | url= http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/oregon_wind_farm_purchase_by_c.html | agency= Associated Press | publisher= [[The Oregonian]] | date= September 28, 2012 | access-date= September 28, 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121004041634/http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/09/oregon_wind_farm_purchase_by_c.html | archive-date= October 4, 2012 | url-status= live }}</ref> | ||
* 2016: President Obama blocked the buying by a Chinese company of the U.S. assets of the German company Aixtron SE.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McLaughlin|first1=David|title=Obama Blocks Chinese Takeover of Aixtron as U.S. Security Risk|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-02/obama-blocks-chinese-takeover-of-aixtron-as-u-s-security-risk|access-date=February 27, 2017|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035712/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-02/obama-blocks-chinese-takeover-of-aixtron-as-u-s-security-risk|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Separately, the ''New York Times'' reported that "United States officials blocked" a $2.6 billion deal by [[Philips]] to sell [[Lumileds]] division to GO Scale Capital and GRS Ventures over concerns regarding Chinese applications of [[gallium nitride]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Paul Mozur|last2=Jane Perlez|author2-link=Jane Perlez|title=Concern Grows in U.S. Over China's Drive to Make Chips|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/technology/concern-grows-in-us-over-chinas-drive-to-make-chips.html|access-date=February 27, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 5, 2016|page=B1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227090607/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/technology/concern-grows-in-us-over-chinas-drive-to-make-chips.html|archive-date=February 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | * 2016: President Obama blocked the buying by a Chinese company of the U.S. assets of the German company Aixtron SE.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McLaughlin|first1=David|title=Obama Blocks Chinese Takeover of Aixtron as U.S. Security Risk|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-02/obama-blocks-chinese-takeover-of-aixtron-as-u-s-security-risk|access-date=February 27, 2017|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035712/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-02/obama-blocks-chinese-takeover-of-aixtron-as-u-s-security-risk|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Separately, the ''New York Times'' reported that "United States officials blocked" a $2.6 billion deal by [[Philips]] to sell [[Lumileds]] division to GO Scale Capital and GRS Ventures over concerns regarding Chinese applications of [[gallium nitride]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Paul Mozur|last2=Jane Perlez|author2-link=Jane Perlez|title=Concern Grows in U.S. Over China's Drive to Make Chips|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/technology/concern-grows-in-us-over-chinas-drive-to-make-chips.html|access-date=February 27, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 5, 2016|page=B1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227090607/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/technology/concern-grows-in-us-over-chinas-drive-to-make-chips.html|archive-date=February 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
* 2017: President Trump blocked the acquisition by a Chinese purchaser of [[Lattice Semiconductor]].<ref name="NYT-Lattice">{{cite news|last1=Swanson|first1=Ana|title=Trump Blocks China-Backed Bid to Buy U.S. Chip Maker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/business/trump-lattice-semiconductor-china.html|access-date=December 4, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211105159/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/business/trump-lattice-semiconductor-china.html|archive-date=December 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | * 2017: President Trump blocked the acquisition by a Chinese purchaser of [[Lattice Semiconductor]].<ref name="NYT-Lattice">{{cite news|last1=Swanson|first1=Ana|title=Trump Blocks China-Backed Bid to Buy U.S. Chip Maker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/business/trump-lattice-semiconductor-china.html|access-date=December 4, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211105159/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/business/trump-lattice-semiconductor-china.html|archive-date=December 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||