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

Overseas money is starting to pull out of Chinese markets after the risk of investing in autocratic countries was starkly highlighted by...

If you wanted to capture over 55% of the global population inside a circle with a 4,000km radius, which city would you place at its...

Starting the week with a smile - What really makes people happy? While countless academic researchers have tried to get to the bottom of...

World Economic Forum: Resolving the global supply chain crisis requires collaboration across the trade community. The pandemic has...

Home to half of world trade, the APEC region posted double-digit growth both in trade volume and value during the period of January to...

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...

Just four countries—the U.S., China, Japan, and Germany—make up over half of the world’s economic output by gross domestic product (GDP)...

FDI screening measures are still on the rise in 2021, with several countries extending or making permanent their Covid-19-related...

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

Hopes are high for a robust rebound in foreign direct investment flows after a volatile two years, with Investment Monitor predicting 6%...

UNCTAD nowcasts show that trade in services has not yet reached its pre-pandemic level, while merchandise trade is projected to have...

New estimates show that world trade continues its remarkably strong but uneven recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Key findings include:...

Get excited: ‘The Roaring 20s’ report predicts a $1 trillion digital economy in the region by 2030. GUESS how many people began using the...

The World Trade Report is an annual publication that aims to deepen understanding about trends in trade, trade policy issues and the...

JAKARTA, 3 November 2021 – As of 2 November 2021, the ASEAN Secretariat has received Instruments of Ratification/Acceptance from six...

29/10/2021 - OECD data and analysis show that global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rebounded in the first half of 2021 to reach USD 870...

The final completion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has moved one step closer after six ASEAN countries...

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...

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