The effort to remove barriers to trade and investment has been a critical contributor to this region's economic growth. Trade and investment liberalisation - and greater integration into regional and global economic affairs - are very much in China's and Hong Kong's interests, and in the interests of Australia and other countries. ... They also opened up to foreign investment, allowing local people to gain access to foreign savings, technology and links with the global economy. ... In 2000, foreign investment inflows to the key East Asian economies, apart from China and Japan, declined by 17...

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The two outer challenges come from China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and foreign direct investment (FDI). ... Another possible problem is a large number of bankruptcies among Chinese auto companies and the loss of employment for millions of workers due to a flood of foreign cars into Chinese market. [The Economist, 2003] The other import impact of China's entry into WTO is that a market of much openness will offer opportunities for more foreign direct investment. Wei [2002] claims that a majority of analysts and policy makers in China have tended to look foreign dire...

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The outward-oriented development forced domestic firms to become more resourceful and absorb foreign technology and managerial expertise in order to compete in world markets. ... The export-oriented development was a means of achieving income, generating foreign exchange to purchase necessary technology, and generating the demand needed to accelerate GDP growth. ... Most notable for not developing into a strong economic power is Latin America whose political instability, low savings and investment rates, dependence on foreign borrowing, and low educational levels contributed to its downfall. ...

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It is extremely important for poor countries to increase domestic investment and develop the necessary infrastructure to both sustain and increase productivity, instead of receiving capital donations from developed nations. With increasing productivity, these poorer countries will also receive higher direct foreign investment, leading to further growth. ... Domestic investment in infrastructure and increasing productivity is essential to decrease global income disparity and help avoid any major future economic recessions....

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Not long ago foreign investors were eager to finance these annual trade imbalances with dollar asset, such as American Treasury bills and notes, corporate bonds and equity, however, foreign investors have lost their appetite for dollar denominated assets. ... As foreign investors sell their dollar denominated assets, the value of the dollar slides because of reduced demand, more foreign investors than sell their dollar denominated assets in reaction to the falling value of the dollar, and on and on. When the demand for dollars falls short of supply, as it is now, then either the value of the d...

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Last year, however, that currency crash triggered a crisis in other East Asian countries that has dominated news coverage in a way that no other foreign financial crisis has ever done before in this country. ... But whatever its source, the extent of this investment means that economic turmoil in East Asia has a direct financial impact on the developed world's capital markets, including our own. ...

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Canadian resources are appealing for foreign investors who may be interested in investing in Canadian operations.. ... Japan's Foreign Direct investment in Canada in 2011 was C$12.8 billion, which came from 330 Japanese subsidiaries and affiliate companies that worked in Canada. ...

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