Chris Pilkerton | U.S. Treasury, CFIUS

Chris Pilkerton serves as Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the U.S. Treasury Department, where he leads CFIUS — the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. In this episode, Chris walks through how CFIUS actually works, and explains how the 50-year-old committee has evolved from a narrow defense-industry watchdog into one of Washington’s most consequential regulatory bodies, with authority over data centers, energy infrastructure, AI companies, and any sector where foreign ownership could threaten national security.

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