Government Brokerage Fees for Deals

A new practice: regulators or executive agencies directly broker corporate transactions and require large up‑front payments or future installments from private investors as a condition of approval. That transforms regulatory sign‑off into a revenue and leverage mechanism that can influence ownership, operations, and foreign‑investment politics. — If normalized, this sets a precedent for states to extract sizable economic rents during major deals, blurring regulation, national security, and revenue‑raising and prompting legal and political pushback.