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  • 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
  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Saudi Arabia agrees deal to buy Turkish drones

    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan drums up business as he embarks on Gulf tour

    Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan pictured shaking hands with Saudi officials during a welcoming ceremony in Jeddah
  • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
    UK foreign policy
    UK ministers intervene in 8 deals involving China-linked investment

    Figures show 866 transactions referred under the security and investment act

  • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
    US-China relations
    US controls on investment will not harm China, Yellen tells Beijing

    Treasury secretary says screening will be “highly targeted” after four-day visit to stabilise the turbulent relationship

    Janet Yellen looks at reporters from a podium during a press conference at the US Embassy in Beijing
  • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
    Chemicals
    Germany’s chemical groups look outside Europe to build new plants

    Incentives including regulatory fast-tracking and tax benefits attract companies overseas

  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    Vietnam
    Vietnam becomes vital link in supply chain as business pivots from China

    Rising investment amid geopolitical tensions puts infrastructure under strain

  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    German economy
    Germany’s failure to attract business investment ‘alarming’, say economists

    High corporate taxes, excessive bureaucracy and ailing infrastructure cited as reasons for decline

    Excavators digging on an archeological excavation on the site of a planned new Intel chip factory
  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    GIC Private Ltd
    Singapore’s GIC accelerates US deals as China cools

    Sovereign wealth fund with estimated $700bn under management is targeting venture capital and technology companies

    GIC logo
  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    FT WealthStefan Wagstyl
    Why the UK is an attractive destination for economically valuable migrants

    A review says that is due mainly to abolishing quotas for highly skilled workers and for migrants’ success in getting jobs

    Migrants in a dinghy sail in the Channel toward the south coast of England on September 1, 2020 after crossing from France
  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Studious investors stand to benefit from opportunities in Africa

    Discerning fund managers say the continent can provide lucrative and stable returns

    A border worker directs trucks at Zambia/DRC border
  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Renewable energy
    UK bureaucracy holding back renewable investments, Abu Dhabi power boss says

    Comments by head of Abu Dhabi state-backed clean energy group echo other developers such as National Grid

    Mohamed Al Ramahi
  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    German economy
    Post-Brexit UK investments drive FDI in Germany to record level

    Berlin warns total volume set to fall in 2023 as companies turn to US on back of Inflation Reduction Act

    Cars drive on a road near Magdeburg, Germany
  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    UK politics
    Sunak open to following US lead over curbs on Chinese investment

    UK to discuss export controls on China with western allies at G7 Japan summit as Washington seeks alignment on new strategy

    Rishi Sunak talks to journalists during his flight to Japan on Wednesday
  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    US angst over Chinese land ownership exposes a deepening rift

    Washington may stop foreigners buying land near military bases, but some states want to go much further

    US air force air traffic controllers in North Dakota. The state wants to create its own committee on foreign investment after the federal government failed to act over a Chinese deal in the area
  • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
    Colombia
    Colombia doubles down on shift away from oil and mining

    New finance minister says country wants to restore manufacturing of textiles, fertilisers and pharmaceuticals

    Ricardo Bonilla
  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    Chinese investment in Europe falls as watchdogs increase scrutiny

    Regulators stymied 10 out of 16 proposed Chinese deals in Europe’s tech and infrastructure sector, study finds

    An employee of Infineon Technologies works in a clean room at the company’s plant in Dresden, Germany
  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
    Afghanistan
    China holds security and trade talks with Taliban

    Beijing looks to boost investment in Afghanistan and bring country into Belt and Road project

    Qin Gang, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Amir Khan Muttaqi, the foreign ministers of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan respectively, after their meeting in Islamabad on Saturday
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