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Tony Lyons: “We are suggesting a malign Foreign Interest Disclosure act…”

Featuring: Tony Lyons, President and Publisher of Skyhorse Publishing | New York

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So no longer do we have to wait until just the theft occurs, but we can get in front of that. I think also there's a lack of transparency on this issue today. And We are suggesting a malign Foreign Interest Disclosure act in which individuals, venture capitals, students, whomever may be the case, if they are under obligations or receiving material support. They have to disclose that to Commerce. who can maintain a list of that so that Americans know when they're receiving funds from a venture capital firm who's also obligated to the Jiangsu government, for example. (05:40–05:54)

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Proposes a Foreign Interest Disclosure Act requiring disclosure of obligations or material support to the Department of Commerce.

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