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Why is the US government buying stakes in companies?
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1:25Now PlayingIntel is the latest company to give the Trump administration an ownership stake.
Visiting scholar at the Georgetown Institute of International Economic Law, Peter Harrell, joins Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway on the Odd Lots podcast to discuss the structure of these new arrangements and what it means for the government to be a minority shareholder in publicly-traded companies.
It's nothing new for the US government to use public money to support private American companies. The Biden administration, via CHIPS and the Inflation Reduction Act, was aggressive about using loans and grants to accelerate US industry. But the Trump administration has been engaged in something more novel: taking direct stakes in US companies like Intel and MP. But what is the legal basis for such action? And what are the advantages and disadvantages of direct equity stakes? On this episode, we speak with Peter Harrell, visiting scholar at the Georgetown Institute of International Economic Law. We discuss the structure of these new arrangements, and the advantages and disadvantages for the government to be a minority shareholder in publicly-traded companies.
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