A Timeline of the East–West Relationship

Abstract

Using datasets that range from 1979 to 2014, this article outlines the overseas acquisitions of natural resource, infrastructure, and technology equity in the United States and Canada by Chinese firms. In particular, it examines the liberalization of Chinese Communist Party attitudes toward capital outflows and considers alterations of antitrust policies in the United States and Canada that have been developed as a result of Chinese sovereign wealth fund activity. Although a brief clarification of what constitutes a state-owned versus a private enterprise is provided, the article focuses on reviewing the specific regulations that govern foreign direct investments made in the United States and Canada by Chinese entities.