U.S. FDI and site selection
China is the world's second largest economy, the United States second largest trading partner, and our 17th largest source of foreign direct investment. Investment originating from Sweden was three times that coming from China, despite the Swedish economy being 10% the size of China. India, Brazil, and Russia provide similar, although less striking examples. The lack of large Chinese corporate site selection projects is another example of the unbalanced nature of the economic relationship between China and the United States. And another interesting aspect to a developing nation becoming such a large economic force.
China and Brazil are certainly targets for local economic developers, but they are a long way from rivaling Europe or Japan in overall deal flow.
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