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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- European Union - Adopts Anti-Coercion Instrument
European Union
Adopts Anti-Coercion Instrument
27 Dec 2023On 27 December 2023, the Regulation 2023/2675 on the protection of the European Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries (the Anti-Coercion Instrument) came into force. The regulation aims to deter, and if necessary, respond to coercive actions intended to influence the decisions of the European Union or its Member States through trade or investment pressure.
The European Commission may adopt response measures that include the imposition of tariffs, restrictions on trade in services and trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, public procurement as well as restrictions on the entry of foreign direct investment to the European Union, or direct investments made by legal persons established in the European Union and owned or controlled by persons of the third country.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Approval and admission)
- Treatment and operation (Operational conditions )
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- ec.europa.eu, New tool to enable EU to withstand economic coercion enters into force, https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_6804, 27 Dec 2023
- EUR-lex, REGULATION (EU) 2023/2675 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 November 2023 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02023R2675-20231207, 07 Dec 2023
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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.
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