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

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...

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

Four economy-wide factors—governance, education, infrastructure, and trade policy—relate closely to more varied and complex exports...

Article by James Zhan, Director of Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD courtesy of FDI Intelligence. The Covid-19 pandemic caused a triple...

UNCTAD's James Zhan identifies the factors that will shape the coming decade in FDI, published by FDI Intelligence Over the past two...

The world’s biggest free-trade agreement by population and GDP will bring huge tariff cuts for its Asean and Pacific Rim signatories,...

This year could end today and it would still rival the most challenging periods for the international trading system. But the next 3 1/2...

On May 14, 2020, then-director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo announced he would step down on September 1,...

Recent trade battles with China, Mexico, Canada, and Europe have reduced trade flows in the USA. Now, with the outbreak of COVID-19...