As part of the U.S.–Japan trade deal the White House announced on Tuesday, Japan has committed to providing $550 billion worth of investment in the U.S. So where might that money go, and what might this investment look like? Japan is already the number one foreign investor in the U.S., with $754 billion invested as
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, recently joined Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, and several other Senate Republicans in introducing the “Protect Our Bases Act.” The legislation would “require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States [CFIUS] to annually review, update, and report on the facilities and property of the United States
Carolyn Kissane, academic director and clinical professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University, leads the conversation on the geopolitics of oil. FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welcome to the final session of the Winter/Spring 2023 CFR Academic Webinar Series. I’m Irina Faskianos, vice president of the National Program and Outreach here at
he Finance Ministry will provide guarantees to support foreign investment in the country’s future capital city, currently under construction in East Kalimantan, the Nusantara Capital City Authority (OIKN) has said. The guarantees, aimed at easing investor concerns over the megaproject’s execution and continuity, will be issued jointly by the Finance Ministry and PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur
We got an early look at the balance of trade Thursday morning. Imports in February were more or less flat after surging in January, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Meanwhile, exports picked up. All in all, the trade deficit shrank a little from the previous month. But that gap between imports and exports is just about the
One side effect of the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported goods will be a stronger dollar, which will make U.S. exports more expensive and less competitive abroad. Thing is, those tariffs — along with the administration’s approach to foreign policy — may be starting to have another negative effect on the economy: getting foreign investors to