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 Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 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 sustainable development.
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The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: 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
Expands list of equipment and services from companies posing a risk to national security
25 Mar 2022On 25 March, the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the United States (FCC) announced the new additions to its "Covered List", targeting equipment and services that pose a risk to national security to the United States.
As a result, equipment and services from three companies (AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp, China Mobile International USA Inc.) and their subsidiaries and affiliates will be added to the Covered List. The inclusion in the Covered List means that US telecommunication providers must remove all equipment and services provided by such companies from their operating telecom networks and are now banned from using FCC funds to acquire equipment or services from these three companies and its subsidiaries.
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Type:
- Treatment and operation (Other)
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Industry:
- Services (Telecommunications)
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Sources:
- Federal Communications Commission, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES COVERED BY SECTION 2 OF THE SECURE NETWORKS ACT, https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-320A1.pdf, 25 Mar 2022
- Lexology, FCC Adds Three Entities to the Covered List , https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=1726ece7-98c7-4a44-a12a-ef6d21b8dfd3, 28 Mar 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 Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 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 sustainable development.
-
The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: 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.