(0:00) Intro(1:43) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel(2:29) Start of interview(3:11) Ben's origin story(9:39) His start at Cravath in 2010(10:54) His time at the U.S. Treasury Department and the White House. (15:04) About CFIUS. Reforms from FIRRMA (2018). Control transactions and minority investments in critical technologies, critical infrastructure, or sensitive personal data.(24:45) Trends in transaction reviews. CFIUS Annual Report to Congress – CY 2023(30:00) Presidential prohibitions under CFIUS. (32:23) CFIUS and crypto.(34:02) The TikTok case.(36:14) Restrictions on outbound investments in China: AI, semiconductors, and quantum computing.(42:13) De-risking vs de-coupling from China. Geopolitics and the boardroom.(44:40) Industrial policies.(47:21) Advice for corporate directors on national security matters.(49:30) Books that have greatly influenced his life:Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1939)Elements of Style by Strunk and White (1918)(51:46) His mentors. (53:04) Quote that he thinks of often or lives his life by. The "Spirit of Liberty" Speech Judge Learned Hand (1944)(54:34) An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves.(55:42) The person he most admires. You can follow Evan on social media at:X: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

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