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TechREG® Chronicle – Foreign Direct Investments

TechREG Chronicle® April 2026

Dear Readers,   This Chronicle explores the rapidly evolving intersection of foreign direct investment and technology, a space where traditional assumptions about openness, control, and market integration are being fundamentally reworked. Across the contributions, a common theme emerges: investment in advanced technologies is no longer treated as a neutral economic...

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In this issue

The Expanding Investment Security Toolkit
Ulises Pin, David Plotinsky, Case Smith, Leetal Weiss
May 1, 2026
Tech Takes the Helm: How Emerging Technologies Have Rewritten FDI Regimes
Christine Graham, Tom Wright, Peter Vojnits
May 1, 2026
Asset Deals, Data Access and FDI Screening: Legal Grey Zones for Tech Investments In Belgium
Valentijn De Boe, Jan-Baptist Lemaire, Stephanie De Smedt
May 1, 2026

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April

This Chronicle explores the rapidly evolving intersection of foreign direct investment and technology, a space where traditional assumptions about openness, control, and market integration are being fundamentally reworked.




March

This Chronicle brings together contributions that explore the evolving relationship between industrial policy, competition, regulation & technological change from complementary angles.




February

This month’s TechREG Chronicle focuses on online consumer protection, at a moment when regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are reassessing how legacy consumer-protection frameworks apply in digital, data-driven markets.


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