Foreign Direct Investment

To help increase your understanding of the importance of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into your country (Inward or Inflows) this Assignment asks you to read a short report.

To located the report, go to the website for the U.S. Economics & Statistics Administration. Then go to the “Reports” at the top of the site and then June 2011 Foreign Direct Investments in the U.S. Next, click on the PDF on the right hand side.

Please respond to the following:

Did this report give you additional insight into the role of foreign ownership of businesses in the U.S. ? Why?

Does this information agree with or conflict with popular opinion about foreign-owned firms and why?