Asia-Pacific Foreign Investment Brief
The FDI, Trade, and Economic Development Community

A 2020 update of the ICC BASCAP report assessing the environment and highlighting trends in counterfeiting and other forms of illicit...

Insight Report by World Economic Forum on how TradeTech is fundamental to harnessing the innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution...

Foreign direct investment has been hard hit in 2020, with levels plummeting by 40–50%. Investment Monitor has identified five key trends...

Congratulations to the team at UNESCAP for the recent online edition of the Asia Pacific Business Forum 2020. For those of you who may...

By Pedro Anaya, Natalie Blyth, Ravi Hanspal, Michael McAdoo, Sukand Ramachandran, Krishnan Ramadurai, and Sophie Schram For the past few...

Global value chains (GVCs) have powered economic transformation by enabling developing countries to specialize and catalyze growth and...

When the pandemic dies down, trade will become the biggest threat to global supply chains. This will both drive up prices and make...

Organizations across all industries—from automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceuticals to transportation, electronics, and oil and...

Former Maersk executive Thomas Bagge has been chief executive and statutory director of Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) for...

CAIRO – 25 August 2020: Egypt will establish an electronic system for the first time to track goods until the final release stage, and to...

Interesting article by Dr. Deborah Elms, Asian Trade Centre, Singapore who we must congratulate for being an incredibly busy advocate for...

Maersk said on Monday it had agreed to buy Sweden-based customs broker KGH Customs Services for 2.6 billion Swedish crowns ($281...

Nearly US$6 billion in foreign direct investment was poured into Viet Nam’s industrial parks (IPs), processing zones and economic zones...

Digitalisation of trade facilitation is now fundamental and no longer a distant plan -Congratulations to Dubai Customs under the...

Over the past few months, Customs authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean have had to work hard and think outside the box in...

Interesting insights By Krasna Bobenrieth When COVID-19 first started to garner attention at the beginning of 2020, nobody foresaw the...

Recommendations by GTDW Speaker Ziyang Fan Head of Digital Trade, World Economic Forum & Mike Gallaher The COVID-19 pandemic has...

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a destructive force, with devastating effects on livelihoods, employment, and investor confidence....

Decoupling Between Washington and Western Industry By Scott Kennedy and Shining Tan Although the Trump administration does not openly...

The spread of the Coronavirus and its impacts have become increasingly visible during the last weeks and affect almost all dimensions of...