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GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

May 31
2 min

Are You Ready For FDI 4.0?

FDI 4.0 is a cross-border project that involves industry 4.0. No country or company can afford to ignore it. Excellent article by Douglas Van Den Berghe for Investment Monitor The tectonic plates of the most recent industrial revolutions are shifting when compared with previous industrial revolutions: the third and the fourth revolutions have evolved at an exponential rate rather than a linear pace. This era is no different. People are the centrepiece of the Fourth Industrial

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UNCTAD: How digital multinationals are transforming global trade and investment

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

May 23
3 min

UNCTAD: How digital multinationals are transforming global trade and investment

“Digital MNEs can provide a boost to competitiveness across all sectors, new opportunities for business and entrepreneurial activity and new avenues for market access and participation in global value chains,” said James Zhan, UNCTAD’s director of investment and enterprise development. Digital multinational enterprises are growing at breakneck speed and changing the nature of cross-border investment. The international production footprint of digital multinational enterprises

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FDI: The 2021 Investment Matrix - Chip Crunch Reshapes FDI Landscape

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Feb 2
3 min

FDI: The 2021 Investment Matrix - Chip Crunch Reshapes FDI Landscape

Chip crunch reshapes FDI landscape as the sun sets on oil and gas Unprecedented levels of investment in new chip-production capacity redrew the investment matrix in 2021, with oil and gas dropping from the top 10 recipient sectors of foreign direct investment (FDI) for the first time since record-keeping began in 2003. Semiconductor producers set their most ambitious investment plans ever in motion last year, chasing the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that is the global chip

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THE DIGITAL DECADE HAS ARRIVED IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA, AND THERE’S NO TURNING BACK!

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Nov 23, 2021
2 min

THE DIGITAL DECADE HAS ARRIVED IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA, AND THERE’S NO TURNING BACK!

Get excited: ‘The Roaring 20s’ report predicts a $1 trillion digital economy in the region by 2030. GUESS how many people began using the internet in South-east Asia this year? 10 million? Way too low. Try again. 20 million? Double that figure and you’ll be spot on. Forty million new users joined the 440 million in the region who are already online, 80% of whom are digital consumers, spending their dollars, pesos and ringgit on fashion, food, transportation, and gaming. No re

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Top foreign direct investment trends in Southeast Asia

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Aug 11, 2021
2 min

Top foreign direct investment trends in Southeast Asia

Analysis of recent UNCTAD's World Investment Report presented by UOB FDI Advisory Global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) have been hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. According to a 2021 report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), global FDI flows dropped one-third from US$1.5 trillion in 2019 to US$1 trillion in 2020. In fact, 2020's FDI flows were 20 percent lower than in 2009 after th

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UNCTAD WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT: Global FDI set to partially recover in 2021 but uncertainty remains

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Jun 21, 2021
2 min

UNCTAD WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT: Global FDI set to partially recover in 2021 but uncertainty remains

Investment flows plunged globally by 35% in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis. The fall was heavily skewed towards developed economies. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are expected to bottom out in 2021 and recover some lost ground with an increase of 10% to 15%, according to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2021, published on 21 June. FDI flows plunged globally by 35% in 2020, to $1 trillion from $1.5 trillion the previous year, the report says. Lockdowns caused b

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8 ways ASEAN consumer habits will change by 2030 - shaped by COVID-19, tech and more

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

May 28, 2021
2 min

8 ways ASEAN consumer habits will change by 2030 - shaped by COVID-19, tech and more

"ASEAN is poised to become a dramatic consumption opportunity, driven by four mega-forces: strong demographic trends; rising income levels; geopolitical shifts increasing foreign investment; and digital advances opening new consumer markets." Over the next decade, ASEAN will become the world’s fourth-largest economy with a roughly $4 trillion USD consumer market. While the entire region will offer abundant growth opportunities, each market will evolve differently. Eight key c

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CSIS: American & EU Companies Have Little Intention to Leave China

GTDW FDI Trade & Supply Chain Digitalisation News

Jun 11, 2020
1 min

CSIS: American & EU Companies Have Little Intention to Leave China

Decoupling Between Washington and Western Industry By Scott Kennedy and Shining Tan Although the Trump administration does not openly embrace the idea of decoupling, its various policies – restrictions on high-tech exports to China, expanded investment limits, and efforts to have American companies move production out of China and on-shore manufacturing in the United States – effectively add up to a decoupling strategy. There are some signs that because of the trade war and o

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