Abbreviations
- ABCANZ
American, British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Multilateral Master Information Exchange Treaty
- ADM
Archer Daniel Midland
- AIG
American International Group
- AMF
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (France)
- AML
Anti-Monopoly Law
- APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- BEIS
UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy
- BERR
UK Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- BIS
UK Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills
- BP
British Petroleum
- CDA
categorical data analysis
- CFIUS
Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States
- CMA
UK Competition and Markets Authority
- CPII
Columbia Program on International Investment
- CSI
Container Security Initiative
- CVCF
China Venture Capital Fund
- DHS
US Department of Homeland Security
- DOD
US Department of Defense
- DOJ
US Department of Justice
- DPA
1950 Defense Production Act (US)
- DPW
Dubai Ports World
- DSS
US DOD Defense Security Service
- EEA
European Economic Area
- EIU
Economist Intelligence Unit
- ESRC
US–China Economic & Security Review Commission
- EU
European Union
- FAS
Federal Antimonopoly Service (Russia)
- FBI
US Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FDI
foreign direct investment
- FIE
Foreign Invested Enterprise (China)
- FINSA
2007 Foreign Investment and National Security Act (US)
- FIRB
Foreign Investment Review Board (Australia)
- FOCI
Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence
- FTA
1973 Fair Trading Act (UK)
- FTC
US Federal Trade Commission
- FTZ
free trade zone
- IEA
International Energy Agency
- IEEPA
1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (US)
- IFDI
inward foreign direct investment
- ISC
UK Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee
- ISS
Inchcape Shipping Services
- JV
joint venture
- M&A
cross-border mergers and acquisitions
- MAP
Ministry of the Russian Federation on Antimonopoly Policy and Support to Entrepreneurship (Russia)
- MDA
MacDonald Detweiller
- MOFCOM
Ministry of Commerce (China)
- NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NDRC
National Development and Reform Commission (China)
- NIC
US National Intelligence Council
- NISP
National Industrial Security Program (US)
- NOC
national oil company
- NSA
National Security Agency (US)
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- PA
Proxy Agreement
- P&O
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
- PDVSA
Petróleos de Venezuela
- PGAP
Pew Global Attitudes Project
- SAIC
State Administration of Industry and Commerce (China)
- SASAC
State Asset Supervision and Administration Commission (China)
- SCA
Security Control Agreement
- SEC
US Securities and Exchange Commission
- SOE
state-owned enterprise
- SSA
Special Security Agreement
- SWF
sovereign wealth fund
- TCIC
Tangshan Caofeidian Investment Corporation
- TWEA
1917 Trading with the Enemy Act (US)
- UDI
United Defense Industries
- UNCTAD
United Nations Commission on Trade and Development
- VTA
Voting Trust Agreement
- VTB
Vneshtorgbank
- VW
Volkswagen
- WPO
World Public Opinion
- WTO
World Trade Organization