In 2009, according to official investment statistics, U.S. foreign direct investment in Poland was less than that of tiny and bankrupt Iceland.
When combined with funding the general cash deficits, these multitrillion-dollar Treasury operations will dominate the capital markets in the years ahead, particularly given China's de-emphasis of new investment in U.S. Treasurys in favor of increasing foreign direct investment, and Japan's and Europe's own sovereign-debt challenges.
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One of these is an over-dependence on Asian companies, which supply two-thirds of Vietnam's foreign direct investment, and which fled during the regional downturn.
Control of the world's stock of foreign direct investment (FDI), which includes takeovers and companies' greenfield investments, tends to reflect a country's economic muscle.
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China's trade surplus and foreign direct investment (FDI) explain only 30% of this.
Dollars are pouring in from China's trade surplus, as well as from foreign direct investment and from speculators betting that China's currency will appreciate.
IDB make a bigger contribution to the region's balance of payments than foreign direct investment.
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We appreciate the investment of so much foreign direct investment from the U.S. to our country.
China is also the island's number one destination for foreign direct investment.
There's been a hiccup in foreign direct investment, post coup, and the Muslim insurgency in the south is a continuing worry, but other indicators bolster confidence.
Mr Hogan confirmed to the BBC that his airline was "evaluating" whether to take a stake in India's second largest carrier, Jet Airways, following the Indian government's relaxation of rules governing foreign direct investment.
Although part of China's growth has been fueled by foreign direct investment, it is internal capital that has driven a surge in property, infrastructure and plant capacity.
The decision by India's government to allow 51% foreign direct investment (FDI) was approved by the Lok Sabha (lower house) on 5 December and the Rajya Sabha (upper house) on 7 December.
The trade deficit has helped the U.S. maintain the highest level of foreign direct investment in the world by far.
But the real concern is the risk that the U.S. and China might meet-in-the-middle on the matter of foreign direct investment: China allowing more of it, but the U.S. discouraging it from China.
German manufacturers are slightly more exposed to America's slumping market than their French counterparts, through foreign direct investment in America as well as exports.
In addition, Europe accounts for approximately 70 percent of foreign direct investment in the U.S., and U.S. investment is three times larger in Europe than in Asia.
Foreign direct investment in the U.S. in 2006 rose by an astounding 67% over 2005 levels, according to the department's year-end and fourth-quarter report on U.S. international transactions.
According to the Commerce Department, foreign direct investment in the U.S. did indeed drop for a period after 2001, but has generally been on the rise since 2003, increasing 67% in 2006.
Second, we need to make America the most attractive place on Earth for high-tech services and manufacturing jobs and to accelerate foreign direct investment in the U.S. Finally, we need to address the competitiveness of America's infrastructure.
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And even if the controls are explicitly designed to exclude foreign direct investment, as are Malaysia's, history suggests investors shy away nonetheless.
China's Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.2% after data showing foreign direct investment flows into the country rose more than expected.
What is more, as Mr Anderson points out, China is more open to imports and foreign direct investment than South Korea, which helps China's quest for intellectual property.
Syria's nascent economic reform programme needs to be buttressed by a significant increase in foreign direct investment and development aid.
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With an estimated 40% unemployment rate, Swaziland's need to increase the number and size of small and medium enterprises and attract foreign direct investment is acute.
Simon Hamilton of the DUP and the UUP's Leslie Cree were among the members who argued that the Republic of Ireland's policy of levying corporation tax at 12.5% reduces the level of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Northern Ireland.
Like Moscow's two-strand Siberian gas pipeline deal in the early 1980's, the Cienfuegos complex is an unprecedented "national project" with potentially decisive implications for the country's long-term energy viability, hard currency earnings structure, attraction of other foreign direct investment, access to international financial institutions and, of course, nationalistic pride.
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OFII's own analysis of the government's figures, also released Wednesday, shows an even broader long-term trend in foreign direct investment, often referred to in shorthand as FDI.
Panama's import tariffs are among the lowest in Latin America, and the country has received foreign direct investment worth nearly 9% of GDP, the largest share on the continent.
An official in the prime minister's office said Thursday that Mr. Singh plans to try to reintroduce the expansion in foreign direct investment in retail after a series of state legislative elections that will conclude in early March.
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