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Technology Policy In An Economic Security Era: Recommendations For A G7 Fdi Screening Toolkit

Emily Benson (Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)), Matteo Cianforlini (University of Bologna), Rebecca Maria Perla Iotti (LUISS University), Francesco Giovanni Lizzi (University of Bologna), Lucia Tajoli (Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI))

Abstract

Economic security has supplanted the neoliberal consensus on trade, retooling globalisationwhile moving national security to the forefront of the foreign policy agenda. G7 and closepartner countries still need to develop enforceable rules to create guardrails for the economicsecurity agenda, especially in relation to high-tech critical sectors. To address these concerns, this policy brief proposes a common foreign direct investment (FDI) screening toolkit,encompassing two key components: a shared definition of critical high-tech sectors as abasis for risk assessments, and supranational golden shares, thus providing the G7 financialinstitutions with the ability to prevent potential harmful foreign takeovers of critical assets.By implementing this common FDI screening toolkit, the G7 can fortify its economic security,protect national interests, and create a virtuous cooperative cycle among its members.

Authors

Emily Benson (Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)), Matteo Cianforlini (University of Bologna), Rebecca Maria Perla Iotti (LUISS University), Francesco Giovanni Lizzi (University of Bologna), Lucia Tajoli (Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI))

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