Chinese investment numbers down, restrictions announced
Chinese investment in United States is down as of mid-year 2018, likely reflecting concerns about the Trump administration’s public statements on Chinese companies’ intents, and potential changes to rules governing foreign investment. While President Trump’s June 27 decision to use existing tools rather than taking potentially more restrictive actions through executive action was a welcome turn of events, the investment...
Chinese investment in the United States has been frequently in the news in the first half of 2018, with several proposed changes on the table in the executive branch as well as Congress. Despite the deals announced by President Trump during his trip to China in November, 2017 ended with a significant slouch in Chinese investment in the US. Volatility in the US-China trade relationship and tougher policies on the horizon are likely to cause continued hesitation in new investments by Chinese...
Chinese investment totaled $29 billion in 2017-- a 35 percent decline from 2016, and a 90 percent decline in new investment, according to Rhodium Group. However, 2017 remains the second-largest year for Chinese FDI in the US. In addition, Chinese outward investment globally still increased modestly last year, in large part due to the $43-billion acquisition of Swiss agro-tech giant Syngenta.
The biggest driver in this decline...
Dear USCBC Members:
China’s draft revised Catalogue Guiding Foreign Investment includes a number of new liberalizations and adds new items to the encouraged category. US-China Business Council (USCBC) analysis has also identified a number of ambiguous and contradictory changes in the draft that need clarification. Finally, there are several items that have been removed from the draft catalogue that do not signify market openings, due to restrictions in other...