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

Unlock ASEAN's Investment Potential: Join the 2024 ASEAN Investment Forum in Lao PDR on October 7

We are happy to share that WAIPA and ESCAP signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand to...

A lot of new portmanteaus have appeared in the pages of The Economist in recent years, many of them referring to phenomena in business...

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing division of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), said on Wednesday it plans to invest $6 billion in...

China will further its efforts to attract and utilize more foreign investment this year, as outlined in the Government Work Report...

After gaining independence in 1945, Indonesia experienced rapid industrialization during the 1970s on the back of strong oil exports...

The latest Investment Policy Monitor: “Evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) screening mechanisms: key trends and features” The...

ASEAN+3 growth in 2022 is projected at 3.3 percent, mainly driven by robust economic activity in ASEAN. Growth is expected to strengthen...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi met today to discuss the country’s...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) can significantly contribute to the sustainable development of both home and host countries in several...

Are you a developing economy currently in the process of devising strategies to attract the right institutional investors? WAIPA can...

Emerging economies with fast-rising internet penetration rates can attract foreign direct investment in data centers to power their rapid...

- Aims for 75% of all Malaysian sales to be EVs by 2025 - Auto industry awaits more good news from Budget 2023 Volvo Cars Malaysia (VCM),...

As countries in Asia and the Pacific build back from the COVID-19 pandemic, they have a unique opportunity to empower women and advance...

The climate justice agenda is extensive. One of its priorities is helping countries that have contributed least to climate change but...

WAIPA and United Nations ESCAP are joining hands to bring together IPAs from around the Asia Pacific to exchange their experiences on...

Goods passing through free trade zones are a growing risk in terms of organised criminal activity, including the trafficking of banned...

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are thrilled to welcome you to Bangkok next week for the APAC IPAs FDI & Investment Conference and...

China’s reopening from Covid-19 restrictions will not only accelerate the country’s economic recovery, but it will also boost global...

Sembcorp Industries will co-establish five more industrial parks in Vietnam to the tune of US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion), the...