Treasury has rarely seen a foreign purchase of American assets that it did not like.
Even the talks over a foreign purchase of Yukos were reportedly put only on temporary hold.
So far the only foreign purchase (by Belgium's Interbrew) is a brewery at Niksic.
After all, for every net foreign purchase of a share or bond there must be a net domestic sale.
Apple hasn't been able to open its trademark stores because of requirements that foreign retailers purchase 30% of the value of India sales from domestic suppliers unmanageable in a country with virtually no electronics manufacturing.
But restrictions on foreign buyers to purchase homes remain an obstacle, according to Savills.
That means taxpayers who purchase foreign real estate through an entity are covered.
The American Depositary Receipt, or ADR, was first invented in 1927, to give American investors an opportunity to purchase foreign stock without concern for settlement delays and other vagaries associated with overseas securities transactions.
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The idea is that you sell a foreign currency call option and use the proceeds of the sale to purchase a foreign currency call option in the same currency with the same counterparty and the same expiration date.
There were also reports Monday that India has banned the purchase of foreign gold on credit, in order to curb speculation.
Why would the government want to subsidize the purchase of foreign brands?
In October the government ordered mining and energy firms to repatriate all their export dollars and citizens to justify every purchase of foreign currency.
Government spokesmen say that the money will not be spent in Venezuela but instead will be used to pay foreign debts or to purchase capital goods abroad.
When investors purchase a foreign stock or stock fund, they are actually placing two bets: one on the stock itself and the other on the currency the stock trades in.
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The US gets a cheap and stable source of funding for its trade deficit, allowing the economy to continue to grow as consumers purchase cheap foreign goods - whose low prices keep inflation in check.
The IRS says that foreign investors who directly purchase passive interests in U.S. business loans, at the time the loan is made, are doing business in the U.S. and should be taxed on their earnings and profits as if they are a U.S. resident.
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Industry analysts and participants say Chinese developers could struggle at first because Chinese buyers often prefer to purchase from a foreign developers.
China now limits the purchase of property by foreign firms only to property used for their own businesses.
That liability usually ends up as Treasury debt parked at the Federal Reserve in custody for foreign governments, the proof of purchase for billions of dollars in extra U.S. imports.
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Yet there is nothing even remotely resembling these rules to allow for the purchase of Chinese assets by foreign companies.
The rationale behind the TDS programme is that foreign governments and companies are more likely to purchase innovative UK tech if they see it flying first.
And last week the government moved to overrule the Supreme Court and change the tax code to tax foreign takeovers retroactively, not least Vodafone's purchase of its Indian arm.
Sales and prices have recovered over the last two years, buoyed by interest from foreign buyers, many of whom use cash to purchase the units, according to Condo Vultures LLC.
Mr Tata's foreign shopping has drawn some scepticism, especially over the purchase of the then lossmaking JLR.
This month, the government boosted to 15% from 10% the fee added to the purchase price of residential property bought by many foreign nationals, including the Chinese, who were the second-largest group of foreign buyers last year.
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The bank announced the purchase on Friday, making it the largest ever foreign acquisition of Russian commercial real estate.
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Fox ultimately got around foreign ownership restrictions--albeit after Murdoch had completed his purchase.
Second, any purchase by Wanxiang must be approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a U.S. inter-agency panel that vets foreign deals for security concerns, and some lawmakers have already raised concerns about the deal, saying that it will transfer valuable U.S. taxpayer funded intellectual property to a foreign adversary.
In addition to U.S. imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese-made solar panels and wind towers, the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States recommended that President Obama block a Chinese purchase of a U.S. wind farm in Oregon, which he did, reaffirming his view of China as an economic rival.
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