Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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- United States of America - Enacts a full prohibition on new investments by US nationals in the Russian Federation and other economic sanctions
United States of America
Enacts a full prohibition on new investments by US nationals in the Russian Federation and other economic sanctions
06 Apr 2022On 6 April 2022, the Government of the United States announced new investment-related sanctions in response to the situation in Ukraine. Additional measures consist of:
A full prohibition on new investments in the Russian Federation by nationals of the United States, regardless of their location;
Full blocking sanctions on two major financial institutions of the Russian Federation, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, freezing all assets of both entities interacting with the US financial system.
A ban on exports, re-exports, sales or supply, directly or indirectly, from within the United States or by nationals of the United States wherever located, of any category of services that may be determined by the Secretary of Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of State, to any person located in the Russian Federation.
A ban on any approval, financing, facilitation or guarantee of a transaction of a foreign person by a national of the United States in those cases where the transaction would be prohibited by the present sanctions package.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Approval and admission, Other)
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- The White House, Prohibiting New Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued Russian Federation Aggression , https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/04/06/prohibiting-new-investment-in-and-certain-services-to-the-russian-federation-in-response-to-continued-russian-federation-aggression/ , 06 Apr 2022
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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