Ranked #1

Trump’s trade war shaping new investment promotion strategies
Trump’s trade war shaping new investment promotion strategies
Dozens of investment promotion agencies (IPAs) from all over the globe gathered at the Waipa investment conference in Xi... Read more
24 Sep 2018
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32mins
Ranked #2

The geopolitical context behind eight foreign investment trends
The geopolitical context behind eight foreign investment trends
Charles Hecker, senior partner at Control Risk - one of the world's leading political risk consultancies - discusses wit... Read more
29 Jul 2019
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15mins
Ranked #3

"The next stage of the Belt and Road initiative comes down to special economic zones"
"The next stage of the Belt and Road initiative comes down to special economic zones"
Henry Tillman, founder and editor of ChinaInvestmentResearch.com, a research firm that tracks Chinese outbound investmen... Read more
1 Jul 2019
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13mins
Ranked #4

The demand for 'experiences' and sustainability is disrupting tourism
The demand for 'experiences' and sustainability is disrupting tourism
The next generation of tourists don't want to feel like tourists when touring. In slightly less cryptic words: traveller... Read more
22 May 2019
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32mins
Ranked #5

EU-Japan trade deal to create world's largest open economic area
EU-Japan trade deal to create world's largest open economic area
The treaty, signed on July 6, drops tariffs and soft barriers across an area of 600mn people worth a third of the global... Read more
26 Jul 2018
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27mins
Ranked #6

MIPIM: Economic developers put on a brave face amid uncertainty
MIPIM: Economic developers put on a brave face amid uncertainty
Another edition of the annual MIPIM international real estate forum has taken place and the fDi editorial team was there... Read more
25 Mar 2019
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25mins
Ranked #7

Voices from Hong Kong: Is the financial centre doomed?
Voices from Hong Kong: Is the financial centre doomed?
“The Pearl of the Orient” has built a reputation for stability and modernity over the decades, with its iconic financial... Read more
16 Oct 2019
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34mins
Ranked #8

Hunting for string in the labyrinth. How can investors safely navigate current sanctions regimes?
Hunting for string in the labyrinth. How can investors safely navigate current sanctions regimes?
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has made sanctions a distinctive element of his foreign policy. In fac... Read more
26 Nov 2019
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20mins
Ranked #9

Doing FDI in Afghanistan
Doing FDI in Afghanistan
Plagued by decades of violence and conflict, the country is no ordinary place for doing business. Yet a slowly improving... Read more
6 Nov 2019
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22mins
Ranked #10

How can non-capital cities compete?
How can non-capital cities compete?
Cities are in an evermore global competition to attract foreign investment. How can they improve their strategy to stand... Read more
19 Sep 2019
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20mins
Ranked #11

The spring of development finance
The spring of development finance
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) held their annual meeti... Read more
22 May 2018
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40mins
Ranked #12

Will democracy be part of Thailand 4.0?
Will democracy be part of Thailand 4.0?
The prime minister of Thailand, General Prayut Chan-ocha, has just wrapped up his first official visits to the UK and Fr... Read more
2 Jul 2018
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34mins
Ranked #13

“This is (perhaps) the moment for Indonesia to reach its potential”
“This is (perhaps) the moment for Indonesia to reach its potential”
Ed Ratcliffe, head of research and advisory at London-based think tank Asia House, discusses the FDI outlook in Indonesi... Read more
12 Jun 2019
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13mins
Ranked #14

Three FDI sectors Covid-19 will change forever
Three FDI sectors Covid-19 will change forever
Covid-19 has disrupted global markets. While a majority of sectors hope to be able to go back to a "new normal" in the m... Read more
7 May 2020
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16mins
Ranked #15

Has Trump become the law of the land - in the UK?
Has Trump become the law of the land - in the UK?
The US administration has ramped up its secondary sanctions programmes against those whom it considers rogue states. Tod... Read more
14 Apr 2020
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42mins
Ranked #16

Navigating cannabis investment abroad
Navigating cannabis investment abroad
Jon-Paul Doran, CEO & founder of UK medicinal cannabis company Eco Equity, tells fDi's Sebastian Shehadi about his e... Read more
16 Mar 2020
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22mins
Ranked #17

Trump sets “new gold standard” for investment protection
Trump sets “new gold standard” for investment protection
The new Nafta, renamed the United States – Mexico – Canada (USMCA) agreement, limits the scope for international arbitra... Read more
23 Jan 2020
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17mins
Ranked #18

FDI in the digital age
FDI in the digital age
What does the digital economy mean for businesses' international expansion? Nigel Vaz, CEO of digital transformation con... Read more
17 Dec 2019
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24mins
Ranked #19

How to invest in social progress
How to invest in social progress
Michael Green, CEO of the Social Progress Imperative, tells fDi's Sebastian Shehadi how investors can use metrics around... Read more
13 Dec 2019
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22mins
Ranked #20

US tax reform to unleash butterfly effect on global FDI
US tax reform to unleash butterfly effect on global FDI
Hailed by Republicans as one of the most important pieces of legislation in recent history, the tax reform approved by t... Read more
22 Feb 2018
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20mins