Panel: AI Digital Economy, America First Investment Policy, and the New US Sovereign Investment Fund - How Cross-border Transaction Regulations Evolve

Special event for the International Investment Law and Arbitration course
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 | 3:35-4:35pm | Vanderbilt Hall, Room 206

In February President Trump signed an executive contemplating formation of a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) for America, and he also issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum titled the “America First Investment Policy”. These two major initiatives reflect two important trends of global dealmaking:
 
First, the public investment funds of numerous nations, as a major source of strategic capital, are becoming a dominant force for cross-border investments; Second, the global markets have entered a period of heightened geopolitical economic tension and uncertainty, especially for investments in the AI digital economy.  

With the TikTok drama in the backdrop (Trump suggested the US SWF may buy TikTok to satisfy the “sell or ban” bill requirements), join the panel discussion by the NYU law school and Latham & Watkins LLP: cross-border investments have led to tightened cross-regulations, high profile legal battles, and even geopolitical tensions. Is this the new normal of global capital markets?

Related Reading: A U.S. SWF: The Perfect Platform for a TikTok Deal?

Speakers:

Rafal Gawlowski
Partner, Latham & Watkins, Global Co-Chair of Financial Industry Group

Winston Ma, CFA
Executive Director, Global Public Investment Funds Forum (GPIFF)
Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law

Conveners:

Robert Howse
Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law, NYU School of Law

US-Asia Law Institute, Asia Law Society (ALS), Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Society, Law & Business Association (LBA)
NYU School of Law

Graduate Finance Association (GFA)
NYU Stern Business School