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

A lot of new portmanteaus have appeared in the pages of The Economist in recent years, many of them referring to phenomena in business...

It is hard to find anyone who has not experienced supply chain disruptions during the pandemic, be it an exercise bike or a computer...

The idea — increasingly popular among policymakers, particularly in the West — that international trade and investment should...

After two years of supply chain problems, the majority of efficiency-seeking foreign direct investment (FDI) firms have started searching...

Supply chain disruption is the new normal, meaning companies now face the painful task of reconfiguration. A report from GlobalData’s...

The third and most recent Mckinsey & Co survey shows that companies have made significant progress on measures that have been on their...

As the global economy recovers fully from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese industrial sector appears to be facing headwinds, according...

Did you know that 80% of the global goods trade is transported over sea? Given the scale of human consumption, this requires an enormous...

A decade-long shift of labor-intensive manufacturers from China to Southeast Asian countries has been accelerated by the strict lockdown...

An Investment Monitor study shows that supply chains are at the core of investors’ discussions, making the business area an FDI driver in...

Global production and trade patterns have altered hugely in the past five years, but emerging markets can make this work to their...

As the world’s economies struggle to untangle unprecedented congestion in global supply chains, one of the world’s busiest ports is...

Policy-makers and free zones developers are unfazed by the OECD-sponsored reform. By Jacopo Dettoni, fDi Intelligence In a meeting with...

Each year, thousands of ships travel across the globe, transporting everything from passengers to consumer goods like wheat and oil. But...

The industry generates record FDI as it offers alternative to new batteries’ bottlenecks The battery recycling market generated its...

The drop in Shanghai's port productivity, which is driven by to the lack of people working due to Covid lockdowns, can be seen in the...

The U.S. government has announced that its new economic grouping for the Indo-Pacific will begin with 13 inaugural members, accounting...

China is the world’s second largest economy after the U.S., and it is expected to eventually climb into the number one position in the...

As the pandemic-fueled liquidity begins to wane and the reality of inflation and higher interest rates sets in, many economies will face...

By John W Miller, Chief Economic Analyst, Trade Data Monitor; The global economy avoided a meltdown 2020-2022 due to the Covid-19...