Asia-Pacific Foreign Investment Brief
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China reported robust trade flows for July 2022. Overall, shipments from the world’s second-largest economy and top exporter rose 18%...

Five years after the entry into force of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), many countries have made progress in implementing...

The case for free trade has always been a tough sell. While trade is an economic endeavor, trade policy is the product of politics, where...

Annually KW Group: Asia FDI, Trade, Economic Development & Market Access support over 100+ businesses & government entities with inbound...

In 2021, the Big Five tech giants—Apple, Amazon, Google (Alphabet), Meta, and Microsoft—generated a combined $1.4 trillion in revenue....

Wait times for at Shanghai marine terminals has increased nearly 75% since the lockdowns began. Delays at the Shanghai terminal have sent...

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...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force in early 2022. Investment Monitor looks at the countries and...

Excellent article by Yan Xiao & Ziyang Fan World Economic Forum, Digital Trade The growth in digital currencies could make cross-border...

Which sectors and countries will be the key beneficiaries or drivers of this growth? Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) is...

Global trade hoisted itself back on track in 2021 after a devastating 2020, and will stabilize itself in 2022, according to the World...

Encouraging news from UNESCAP as we head in to 2022 - Foreign Direct Investment Trends and Outlook in Asia and the Pacific 2021/2022...

Fantastic insights by Visual Capitalist and Hinrich Foundation on the effects of sustainable trade across Asia: To say that Asia has...

For over 11 years we have been at the centre of FDI, Trade & Investment in Asia: Inbound & Outbound FDI, Trade & Supply Chain...

UNCTAD has published its latest Global Trade Update. The good news is that world trade continued its recovery from the pandemic in the...

UNCTAD estimates show a 5% drop in world trade in the third quarter of 2020 compared to 2019, an improvement from the 19% decline in the...

KW Group has been leading capacity building and technical networks for donors, governments, academia, associations & enterprise clients...

Trade and foreign investment are different but related types of transactions that play fundamental roles in the global economy. Foreign...

An interesting summary of the numbers behind the headlines by Scott Kennedy, CSIS With the world paying close attention to the...