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

Malaysia and Singapore to Establish Massive Johor-Singapore SEZ, Rivaling Shenzhen in Scale

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

Johor in the south of Malaysia is fast becoming a data centre hub, attracting billions in foreign investment.

As Volkswagen faces rising costs, union pressures, and political challenges in Germany, the auto giant considers closing domestic plants

Can the Johor-Singapore SEZ truly succeed, or will red tape and infrastructure challenges stall its potential?

ASEAN's digital transformation is at risk as local talent falls short, forcing countries to rely on foreign innovators.

In 2023, Southeast Asia's top six economies attracted US$206 billion in FDI, surpassing China's US$43 billion.

Turkey's new 5-year investment promotion strategy is an ambitious attempt to position the country as a leading hub for high-value investment

Singapore’s Pursuit of Advanced Manufacturing Companies

2024 Top 10 Emerging Technologies, poised to revolutionize societies and economies within five years.

How Venture Capital is Investing in AI in the Top Five Global Economies — and Shaping the AI Ecosystem

Global Tech Giant Investments to Boost Malaysia's Economy, Tech Advancement

Microsoft, said on Thursday it will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia to expand cloud and artificial intelligence...

FDI is a cause and beneficiary of the region digitizing faster than the rest of the world. by Andrew Keable, managing partner of KW...

Southeast Asian startups' salaries for new hires in business development and sales have risen by as much as 20%, according to an annual...

Locations in Asia-Pacific are being increasingly chosen due to dynamic qualitative factors, such as a skilled workforce, rather than...

Digital Economy is projected to contribute 25.5% to GDP by 2025, by Mahadhir Aziz, CEO of Malaysia Digital Economy Corp (MDEC) IN AN era...

Most of the top 20 countries by proportion of STEM tertiary graduates belong to the developing world, showing how policy-makers in...

Which countries are the global innovation powerhouses? In many ways, the past year has represented an inflection point in technological...

Switzerland is once again the world’s most talent-competitive country, according to the 2023 Global Talent Competitiveness Index by...