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Cfius did not regard foreign government ownership alone as the trigger for an investigation, but examined the broader context.

This imposes quite a substantial burden on the client, even if Cfius ultimately determines there is no control [of the company].

Investigations by Cfius are classified and the panel does not always alert companies to the precise nature of its concerns.

Mr. Plummer, of Huawei, said the letter 'rehashes unfounded innuendo in a seeming attempt to undermine the integrity of the CFIUS process. '

Generally, passive investments of less than 10 percent of a company's shares do not trigger review by CFIUS.

A flurry of activity followed, including a move by Cfius to force Huawei to file the $2m deal, which it had already closed.

Second, CFIUS focuses exclusively on genuine national security concerns, not economic competitiveness or other national policies.

The company has installed a compliance officer in charge of overseeing divestment to meet Cfius demands.

Lawyers, lobbyists and others familiar with Cfius say early errors by Bain contributed to its failure to win approval.

CFIUS is an inter-agency committee responsible for reviewing the national security implications of foreign investments in U. S. companies.

CFIUS is an interagency U. S. body that reviews international acquisitions for potential national-security implications.

Arguably CFIUS should not be reviewing the potential purchase at all.

After completing its review of the deal, CFIUS suggested in February that Huawei should sell off the assets.

The transaction, which may still be resubmitted to Cfius, was just one deal that has met opposition in recent years.

Companies generally are expected to request a CFIUS review before completing potentially sensitive cross-border deals.

But the moves do not appear to curb the broad powers that CFIUS has to review foreign takeovers, and may expand them in some ways.

They handled it like a business negotiation, like they expected Cfius to give ground.

Huawei hopes a positive verdict by CFIUS could clear the way for it to do more acquisitions.

Cfius reviews are highly classified and the US government has refused to comment on its thinking about Huawei's future in the US.

But all such deals must be vetted by the US Committee on Foreign Investment (Cfius).

Many regard Cfius as the face of growing US financial protectionism.

After examining a transaction, CFIUS makes a recommendation to the president to accept or reject the deal.

Cfius, which is chaired by the Treasury department, conducts classified investigations of deals on national security grounds.

So we voluntarily went through that process, we passed that process and the Cfius panel said go ahead with the transaction.

They typically refer questions on CFIUS matters to the Treasury, which declined to comment.

The Treasury Department, which typically takes the lead on CFIUS issues, declined to comment.

For the Chinese, the lack of transparency in reviews by CFIUS and its secretive nature are tough to cope with.

Attorneys representing Huawei submitted a CFIUS application for the 3Leaf deal late last week, company executives said.

The 33-year-old committee on foreign investment, CFIUS, is also refining its process for examining deals that might threaten security.

While the UK, France and Germany have systems to review sensitive takeovers, none is as developed as Cfius.

"This gives us the chance for the first time to have a continuous dialogue with Cfius, " Mr Bross says.

A decision by CFIUS on the Huawei deal is due Monday.

Huawei then set the review process in motion, and the 45-day window that CFIUS has to review the deal closes Monday.

Another possible outcome is that CFIUS approves the deal but with some conditions.

In this respect, Huawei's most serious 3Leaf mistake may have been to not seek a CFIUS review earlier in the process.