Tag Archives: FDI

The worm turns.Zero HedgePentagon Fears Foreigners Will Buy Control Of US Defense Firms Amid Coronavirus VolatilityTyler Durden

Longish and detailed backgrounder on FDI in Russian economy, not just US.Checkpoint AsiaUS Is the Single Biggest Foreign Investor in Russia’s Economy Ben Aris, BNE

The U.S. has long held an external balance sheet that is comprised of foreign equity assets, mainly in the form of direct investment (DI), and liabilities held abroad primarily in the form of debt, including U.S. Treasury securities. This composition is known “long equity, short debt.” Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas of UC-Berkeley and Hélène Rey of the London Business School claim that this allocation has allowed the U.S. to serve as the “world’s venture capitalist,” issuing short-term debt in...

More and more companies either choose not to invest in other countries or are prevented from doing so. Global foreign direct investment flows plunged by another 27% in 2018 — after having already plunged 16% in 2017 — to just $1.1 trillion, the equivalent of 1.3% of global GDP, the lowest ratio since 1999, according tonew data released by the OECD. It was the third consecutive annual plunge in global FDI flows, as more and more companies either choose not to invest in businesses or assets...

Chinese direct investment in the United States fell by more than 35 percent in 2017 due to policy shifts in both countries, according to a new report jointly released on Tuesday by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR) and the Rhodium Group...  EcnsChinese direct investment in U.S. plunges in 2017 due to policy shifts Xinhua

President Trump signed a far-ranging executive order late Monday that blocked the $117-billion hostile takeover of Qualcomm by Broadcom, a Singapore-based company, on concerns over national security. This crushed any hopes that remained in some corners of seeing what would have been the largest tech deal ever. But the order was far broader: It blocked all such deals.... Wolf StreetTrump’s Order Stops ALL Foreign Takeovers of Large US Tech CompaniesWolf Richter