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Assuming the art isn't actually white and that's causing it to not be seen on Illustrator's white artboard....
Zoom Out in Illustrator...
When Smart Objects are opened in AI via PS... Art isn't always located on the actual artboard in Illustrator. So using standard shortcuts such as Fit Artboard to Window or Fit All to Window won't necessarily zoom out far ...
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Choose Object > Unlock all and try again...
Also make certain all Layers in the Layer Panel are unlocked.
The failure is most probably in the copy aspect of the operation. Locked items won't get selected, and therefore not copied either.
Worst case is you use File > Place in Photoshop rather than relying on the OS clipboard and copy/paste. Or even, ...
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