FOREIGN DEALS BLOCKED BY US RECENTLY
2016
■ Former President Barack Obama forbade Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund's $723-million buyout of the American arm of Germany’s Aixtron SE
2017
■ Due to the strained diplomatic relations with China over North Korea and trade, President Donald Trump blocked a Chinese-backed private equity firm’s $1.3-billion purchase of Lattice Semiconductor, a California maker of highly programmable computer chips
■ Federal agencies were blocked from buying software from Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity company, amid concerns about Russian spying
■ Hong Kong's TCL Industries abandoned plans to buy MiFi mobile Wi-Fi hotspot brand from San Diego’s Inseego after regulatory scrutiny over security risks