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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Batteries
      South Korean EV battery makers lay off workers and scale back investments in US

      LG Energy Solution and SK On slowing their expansion in response to sluggish demand

      The LG Group headquarters in Seoul
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK must adopt strategic approach to woo foreign investment, says Harrington report

      Review recommends state-backed plan for boosting FDI similar to US and European governments

      Richard Harrington
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Inside BusinessMercedes Ruehl
      Why Indonesia has not captured more of the ‘China +1’ diversification

      Corruption, vested local interests and uncertain regulatory environment remain major deterrents to investment

      Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s president
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      ‘We need tangible benefit’: Does investment in UK renewables create jobs?

      Locals in north-east Scotland say the billions poured into wind power have bypassed the community

      Machinery at the electricity substation near Keith, Scotland
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Swindon’s investment challenge: former boom town seeks to revive its fortunes

      Town that was once the fastest-growing in Europe shows perils of allowing conditions for foreign businesses to worsen

      Swindon town centre
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      US-China relations
      Shanghai manufacturer says US has ‘xenophobic’ view of Chinese investors

      Hesai’s claim comes as Biden and Xi meet to ease tensions between the world’s two largest economies

      A Hesai Lidar stand at the International Motor Show in Munich, Germany
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      LexUK economy
      UK FDI: concierge service vs $1.2tn US aid package Premium content

      Number of foreign direct investment projects into UK has fallen since it voted for Brexit

      Wind turbines seen through blades of grass
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Explainer
      Why is the UK struggling to attract foreign direct investment?

      Project numbers have declined since the Brexit vote but a focus on high-value schemes and a lack of data have muddied the picture

    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      UK chancellor urged to create ‘concierge service’ to attract FDI

      Long-awaited report by Lord Harrington comes as investment into Britain languishes

      Lord Richard Harrington
    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      InterviewChinese business & finance
      Beijing’s data and spy laws threaten to spur decoupling with Europe, says business group

      BusinessEurope claims that anti-espionage amendments make the relationship with China ‘challenging’

      A picture of China’s flag fluttering in Beijing
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Special Report
      Investing in America

      This second annual FT-Nikkei Investing in America ranking is an updated snapshot of the best US cities for foreign multinationals to do business in. This report looks at how overseas investors are responding to new incentives and how the winning cities are pulling in more deals

    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      China culls spend in response to US trade hostility

      Restrictions imposed over national security concerns have taken their toll on US communities dependent on foreign-owned projects

      Large commercial satellite dish and a radio communications tower
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      California hustles to attract foreign investors’ money

      FDI inflows plummet at hands of high state taxes, economic uncertainty and Chinese restrictions

      Two people looking out over a residential area in San Francisco, their backs to the camera
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Billion-dollar airport whets Cambodia’s appetite for Chinese investment

      Prime Minister Hun Manet seeks more Belt and Road money as Siem Reap facility opens

      Siem Reap’s new airport
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Foreign investment in US
      Toyota to invest $8bn in North Carolina battery plant

      Investment is the largest by a foreign carmaker in a US factory since Inflation Reduction Act was passed

      People taking photos of a Toyota electric vehicle on display
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2023
      News in-depthChinese economy
      China suffers plunging foreign direct investment amid geopolitical tensions

      Financial Times analysis shows FDI tumbled 34% in September after recording double-digit falls every month since May

      Chinese flag and renminbi
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      US trade
      US and Vietnam unveil billions in semiconductor and AI deals

      Biden hails moves to strengthen chip supply chain as countries upgrade ties

      US president Joe Biden and Vietnam’s president Vo Van Thuong in Hanoi, Vietnam
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      The great Chinese flow reversal

      Money come in; money come out

    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Inside BusinessMichael Stott
      Latin America’s foreign investment boom defies political turmoil

      Redrawing of global supply chain map helps boost the region

      A Petrobras floating, production, storage and offloading vessel anchored in Angra dos Reis, Brazil
    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      News in-depthEU economy
      Ireland seeks to lure life science investment despite corporate tax rise

      Dublin believes that the country’s skill base will attract pharma and medical companies

    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      German economy
      German minister proposes tougher rules on Chinese foreign direct investment

      Deputy chancellor urges stricter controls on overseas groups’ operations in critical sectors such as semiconductors and AI

      Germany’s deputy chancellor Robert Habeck, pictured in June 2022
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Chinese deal activity in US slumps to lowest level in 17 years

      Geopolitical tensions and national security issues curb enthusiasm for merger and acquisition investments

      Shanghai’s financial district
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Belt and Road Initiative
      China’s overseas investment in metals and mining set to hit record

      Beijing intensifies efforts to lock up access to renewable energy supply chain

      Construction of a railway in Indonesia
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Mubadala Investment Company PJSC
      US security officials scrutinise Abu Dhabi’s $3bn Fortress takeover

      Cfius previously intervened on SoftBank’s acquisition of the US investment firm

      Khaldoon al-Mubarak and Egon Durban watch a Manchester City football match
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Turkey
      UAE and Turkey sign multibillion-dollar agreements

      Erdoğan seeks support for economy with trade and business deals and backing for earthquake reconstruction

      Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, and UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on Turkish president’s tour of Gulf state
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