Christoph Barth sits down with Damien Levie, who heads up the unit on Technology & Security, FDI Screening in the Directorate-General for Trade at the European Commission, to discuss how the EU FDI Screening Mechanism is working in practice, and prospects for reform. 

Topics covered include:

• The organisational set-up of the EU FDI Screening Mechanism and how it has developed in practice
• Interaction between the European Commission and the Member States
• Process, transparency and duration of reviews
• Potential harmonisation of activities which should / should not be caught by FI regimes
• Possible reforms as a result of the Commission’s current consultation

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