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

Plans by China’s Gotion to build a $2.4 billion EV battery plant in Michigan have ignited significant local and political opposition

#Geopolitical #fragmentation is impacting global trade routes, increasing #carbon #emissions and #economic instability.

The landscape for FDI, once a hallmark of globalization, has been changing.  Global FDI growth has stagnated since 2010.

The 10-country bloc has matured from a China alternative to a target region for investors.

International trade has become increasingly fragmented over the last five years as countries have shifted to trading more with allies

Tension between Beijing and Washington over access to technology has prompted many companies to open factories in south-east Asia....

In the ever-changing landscape of global trade, Southeast Asian nations are positioned as major beneficiaries in the emerging world trade...