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UK’s planned loosening of draft FDI screening law won’t harm security, government says

By Simon Zekaria ( April 12, 2021, 13:58 GMT | Insight) -- Britain's national security won't be compromised by an amendment to proposed new investment-screening rules that would relax notification requirements on investors, the UK government said today. It last week put forward a change to the National Security and Investment Bill — now under review by lawmakers — to raise the share-ownership threshold for deals to be notified from 15 percent to 25 percent.Britain's national security won't be compromised by an amendment to proposed new investment-screening rules that would relax notification requirements on investors, the UK government insisted today....

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