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Treasury launches fast-track CFIUS review UAE lobbied for

DeregulationUAE-Trump Nexus

Filed May 2025

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What happened

The Treasury Department launched a pilot program that speeds up and reduces the national-security review foreign investors face when buying into U.S. companies. UAE delegations led by Sheikh Tahnoon had pressed for the change during a March 2025 Washington visit.

Who enabled it

Who benefits

Deal or steal?

Four months earlier, Sheikh Tahnoon-backed Aryam Investment 1 acquired a 49% stake in Trump-family World Liberty Financial for $500 million, the kind of inbound investment in a U.S. target the new pilot streamlines.

On May 8, 2025, the Treasury Department announced a fast-track pilot program for foreign investors, accelerating government review of inbound investment — the speedier review process Sheikh Tahnoon's UAE delegation had explicitly lobbied for during their March 2025 Washington visit. The pilot reduces the scrutiny foreign investors face under traditional CFIUS-style review.

Actors

Who pushed it · 1

Who initiated, paid, or pushed the action.

  • Donald Trump
    Donald Trump

    Trump administration delivered the regulatory change UAE had requested two months after Tahnoon's Oval Office visit.

Beneficiaries

Who gained · 2

Who stood to gain.

  • Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan
    Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan

    Personally benefits from the accelerated foreign-investor review regime he had pressed for during his March 2025 Washington visit; the pilot smooths future CFIUS-style scrutiny of inbound investments from his sprawling UAE business empire.

    Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan has paid into Trump’s orbit:

  • United Arab Emirates
    United Arab Emirates

    Direct beneficiary of the accelerated review regime for inbound investment.

    United Arab Emirates has paid into Trump’s orbit:

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