RIYADH: Global foreign direct investment is set to fall again in 2025 thanks to high investor uncertainty prompted by trade tensions, according to a UN analysis. In its latest report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development revealed that FDI dropped 11 percent to $1.5 trillion in 2024, marking a second year of decline. While FDI flows were up 4 percent, this figure was inflated by volatile flows through conduit economies.

RIYADH: Foreign direct investment flows into developing economies dropped to $435 billion in 2023, the lowest level since 2005, as rising trade barriers, geopolitical tensions and…

RIYADH: Global foreign direct investment is set to fall again in 2025 thanks to high investor uncertainty prompted by trade tensions, according to a UN analysis. In its latest…