Global FDI flows in 2010 may be the overall stagnation

November 5th, the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) jointly issued "the Group of Twenty Investment Policy Report" (referred to as the Investment Report.) Day, the two organizations also with the World Trade Organization (WTO) jointly released the new "Group of Twenty reports of trade and investment policy" (referred to as the Trade and Investment Report). The two monitoring in May 2010 to October G 20 national and global investment and trade situation of the report, rising protectionist pressures in 2010, the situation of international investment flows worrying.

Investment Report is in the G20's foreign direct investment inflows (FDI) dropped significantly, the new risk factors continue to show the context of published. Second quarter of 2010, the FDI inflow G20 compared with the previous quarter, down 36%, global investment flows dropped about 25%. Affected in 2010, G20 and the global FDI flows in general may be at a standstill.

Investment Report said that despite the global trend is still towards the total investment liberalization, investment promotion and facilitation direction, restrictive measures in the total proportion of the investment policy significantly increased in recent years. From 2000 to 2009, the restrictive measures the proportion of all investment policies increased from 2% to 30%, and investment liberalization and investment promotion measures to a corresponding decrease from 98% to 70%. The gradual accumulation of restrictive policy measures.

"The gradual withdrawal of public investment, and foreign direct investment, private sector investment does not seem well prepared to promote global economic growth, international investment flows, the situation is worrying." Investment report said.

At the same time, governments are facing increasing protectionist pressures. As public policy, investment policy and other interactions, although some economic issues (such as high unemployment, macroeconomic imbalances, exchange rate policy disputes, etc.) is not the source of investment, but they also bring investment policies of Governments protectionist pressures.