China’s FDI love affair with Australia reaches an acrimonious end
China continues to punish Australia for its tough-line against Beijing, with FDI flows plummeting. This move provides an ominous warning to other countries.
Politics
How Saudi Arabia’s energy transition means more China and less US
Saudi Arabia’s ambitious, but patchy, departure from oil dependence will simultaneously weaken and diversify its geopolitical toolkit.
Opinion: Scottish independence shouldn’t be an easy decision
If Scotland backs the SNP in a big way in the May elections, a second independence referendum will move much closer. Hopefully both sides will listen to and respect each other this time around.
100 days since Brexit: How was it for you?
As the 100-day mark nears since the UK finalised its decree nisi from the EU, Investment Monitor rounds up its coverage to see what impact Brexit has already had.
Has the time come for Scottish independence?
The rise of the SNP in recent years and the UK's departure from the EU have led to cries for another Scottish independence referendum, but the key to knowing where Scotland is heading can only be found by understanding its past.
Opinion: The US and Chinese economies aren’t decoupling (yet)
The US-China 'decoupling' is far more political than economic, but US investment into China has remained particularly strong.
White Papers
Will US infrastructure splurge cut out Canada?
Joe Biden has announced a huge plan to fix the US's crumbling infrastructure, but will lingering protectionist policies see Canada shut out of the opportunities created by the stimulus?
In conversation with: World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab
Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, discusses his new book, the impact of Covid-19 on the global economic system, and the rising role of ESG.
The urgent case for stakeholder capitalism
WEF founder Klaus Schwab explains how Covid-19 has exacerbated the need to fix the problems inherent in the global economic system.
Partner content
The state of play: FDI in Mozambique
The east African country of Mozambique has abundant natural resources in liquefied natural gas, but political instability threatens to impact its FDI levels.
Opinion: The US and UK must learn to stop worrying and love FDI
Foreign investment to the UK and US often gets bad press, so let’s not forget the jobs, innovation and funding it brings to both countries' economies.
Think nearshoring will bring back US manufacturing jobs? Think again
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought into focus the need for more regionalised manufacturing that is closer to consumers. Will this bring factory jobs back to the US?
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