Samuel Kleiner is a student at Yale Law School. He received a D.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar. He has written on international and legal affairs in publications including Slate, The New Republic, and The Los Angeles Times.

Last Updated: May 2, 2014

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07.16.13

CFIUS and the U.S. Senate’s Anti-China Bug

Samuel Kleiner
Last week, senators from both parties finally came together for a common objective: stopping the $4.7 billion sale of America’s largest pork producer to China. Their reason? The sale of Smithfield Farms to a Chinese company, Shuanghui, could pose a...