Synonyms for foreign direct investment
for·eign di·rect in·vest·ment

Princeton's WordNet

1. foreign direct investmentnoun

   investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)

2. foreign direct investmentnoun

   a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company

Matched Categories

1. • Investing
   • Joint Venture

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1. Keith Pogson:

   There is a clear distinction between investment outflows that will ultimately lead to foreign direct investment in China, and hot money that's gone forever, the ChemChina deal is a very astute transaction and we will continue to see a fairly high level of such transactions, and this is not contrary to the outflow control objective.

2. Joseph Rohm:

   Tunisia has enormous potential to reform, however (it) is in desperate need of foreign direct investment to drive economic growth and job creation.

3. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney:

   I think that would be a devastating message to send in terms of investor confidence at a time when we are struggling to attract foreign direct investment to the Canadian economy.

4. Shilan Shah:

   The result provides some reassurance to the BJP that its popularity remains intact, that could embolden the government to pursue reforms in future, including loosening foreign direct investment restrictions and moves toward privatization.

5. Markus Kerber:

   When it comes to new German foreign direct investment, it's looking bad.