Asia-Pacific Foreign Investment Brief
The FDI, Trade, and Economic Development Community

This report also attempts to highlight the pandemic induced operation model transformation of IPAs including investment sustainability,...

Kearney's 2022 FDI Confidence Index® reveals initial business leader optimism about the investment outlook. Subsequent geopolitical...

A report shows that IPAs have ramped up their ESG, sustainability, inclusivity and tech focuses during the Covid-19 pandemic. By Sofia...

The Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos is mired in scandal and criminality, but the silence from SEZ authorities on the matter is deafening. In...

GlobalData's February 2022 Construction Project Momentum Index shows Australasia as the leading world region. New figures released by...

Seoul leads fDi Benchmark’s analysis, followed by Chennai and Guangzhou The prominence of major Asian clusters in the electronics...

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...

A new UNCTAD report examines investment trends and policies in least developed countries (LDCs) since the 4th UN Conference on LDCs in...

The leading international companies have created more than 370,000 subsidiaries globally. The US is the top market for both domestic and...

Here are five developments to watch this year that will be critical to debates on making trade more sustainable: new trade initiatives, a...

Many multinational companies, such as Google and Facebook, have their European headquarters in Ireland. Why? Ireland has low corporate...

Methodology and initial findings for 36 developing countries The OECD has constructed an Investment Tax Incentives database which...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia approved a record 306.5 billion ringgit ($73.33 billion) in investments last year, an 83% jump from...

ASEAN members are working on facilitating increased trade, removing trade barriers and reducing transaction costs to deal with the...

The essential guide to RCEP for anyone establishing operations in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia,...

New United Nations ESCAP FDI working paper The conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a milestone for...

Institutional investors are used to navigating regulatory regimes, but the evolving FDI regime landscape globally is set to pose...

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...

On January 18, 2022, Indonesia’s Parliament passed the Capital City Bill into law meaning the construction of the country’s new capital...