States across the country have implemented measures to respond to investments by Chinese companies.
Several states including Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and North Dakota have enacted laws prohibiting foreign adversary-controlled entities from acquiring agricultural land or property near military facilities, while Arkansas and Nebraska have introduced restrictions on state contracts with Chinese government-owned companies or foreign adversary technology providers. States like Mississippi, New Mexico, and South Carolina take a case-by-case approach, conducting thorough background checks through federal agencies like the FBI and Homeland Security before offering economic development incentives, with some states developing informal policies to decline incentives for Chinese-owned firms even without statutory requirements.
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