ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) investments

- Asia: In its annual report on investments worldwide in 1999 (see EI of 9&10 October), UNCTAD states that total foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in developing Asian countries (including Central Asia, West Asia and the Pacific) rose significantly in 1999, to nearly USD 106 billion (as against 97 billion the previous year). More particularly, the study shows that: i) FDI in China slipped nearly 8% in 1999 to USD 40.4 billion (43.7 billion in 1998). This country should nevertheless remain...