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US Treasury publishes proposed COINS Act outbound investment regulations

On 22 October 2026 US Treasury issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement the COINS Act, proposing new notification and prohibition rules for certain investments involving strategic technologies including AI, semiconductors, quantum, high-performance computing, hypersonics and biotechnology. Public comments are due 7 December 2026. The proposal is not final or enforceable as the new rules; the pre-existing outbound investment program remains operative. The specified country scope and Maduro-regime condition are defined in the NPRM.