Asia-Pacific Foreign Investment Brief
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Overseas money is starting to pull out of Chinese markets after the risk of investing in autocratic countries was starkly highlighted by...

Manufacturing hubs in southeast Asia could stand to benefit; Boss of $10tn asset manager warns on inflation as companies reconfigure...

Region sells itself short as a ‘taker, rather than giver’ but should instead take confidence in being the world’s fifth largest – and...

The unprecedented level of sanctions and the possibility of removing Russia’s most favored nation status at the WTO is cutting Russia off...

The country’s lithium-ion battery capacity will be twice as big as the rest of the world’s by 2031 In the Chinese county of Fuding, the...

As China’s cost base has risen and it looks to move up the value chain, an opportunity will arise for some Southeast Asian economies to...

Amidst supply chain issues and inflated shipping costs, global trade continued to grow last year, reaching an estimated $28 trillion in...

New UNCTAD estimates show that infrastructure finance is up due to recovery stimulus packages, but greenfield investment activity remains...

For two decades, China’s manufacturing and export sector has seemed to only be going one direction: up. The latest notch: A record trade...

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement took effect for most of the 15 member countries on January 1 It is the...

Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand are most popular investment destinations, finds poll of 657 firms by the Hong Kong Trade...

Bottlenecks at U.S. ports have raised the alarm about supply chains, but the manufacture and shipping of essential goods from the U.S.’s...

Beijing has applied to join an Asia-Pacific trade pact once pushed by the US as a way to isolate China and solidify American dominance in...

Companies have reason to be sceptical about investing in Asia in general, and in China in particular, but Asian investment could still be...

TDM Insight: China Trade Statistics Show Supply Chain Disruption. By John W. Miller, Chief Economic Analyst - Trade Data Monitor The...

Latest Infographic from Hinrich Foundation: Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been transformational for the global economy, in...

By John W. Miller, Chief Economic Analyst - Trade Data Monitor: China’s industrial sector is headed for a slowdown in the second half of...

For all the talk of deepening tensions between the United States and China, there is one area where relations appear to be...

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China on Monday celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of...

China has made a rapid economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, which seems to have moved European investors from favouring...