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Fortune (March 23)

2024/ 03/ 24 by jd in Global News

“Foreign businesses’ direct investment into China last year increased by the lowest amount since the early 1990s, underscoring Beijing’s challenges to spur its economy. It also has to contend with a steadily accelerating outflow of manufacturing as Apple and other American brands begin to position new capacity in countries from India to Southeast Asia to mitigate risks from US-China tensions.”

 

Newsweek (December 5)

2016/ 12/ 07 by jd in Global News

“The Made in China 2025 plan can be read as a ‘go it alone’ strategy for Beijing; it’s in effect saying, Thank you very much for all of your foreign direct investment over the last 20 years, we’ll be OK from here on—and by the way, we’re going to eat your lunch.”

 

Institutional Investor (April 17)

2014/ 04/ 18 by jd in Global News

“Asean countries are resisting today’s turbulence in emerging markets thanks to reforms taken in the wake of the late ‘90s crisis.” To be sure there are concerns, such as China’s slow down, “yet most investors believe the positives outweigh the potential negatives across most of the region.” This confidence is symbolized by Japanese foreign direct investment. “According to Singapore’s DBS Bank, Japan increased its FDI in Asia by $40 billion in 2013, and fully 42 percent of the country’s FDI is now in Southeast Asia—Considerably more than in China.”

 

Economist (April 14)

2011/ 04/ 15 by jd in Global News

India should promote foreign direct investment (FDI). Restrictions barring or limiting foreign investment in certain industries are the main barrier. Railways, legal services, insurance and domestic airlines are areas where foreign investment is unnecessarily restricted. “Given the huge benefits that liberalisation could bring to India’s 1.2 billion people, the government should pluck up courage and fling wide the gates.”

 

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