fDi Magazine

2 weeks ago | fdiintelligence.com | Simoney Kyriakou

Iceland’s economic stability amid the tariff tantrums earlier this year has created a platform for the new coalition government to showcase the prospects for investors into the country. According to the new finance minister, Daði Már Kristófersson, who came into office last autumn, the turmoil seen elsewhere in the first few months of 2025 did not affect Iceland’s fundamentals, leaving it “open for business”.

2 weeks ago | fdiintelligence.com | Alex Irwin-Hunt

Vocally touted by the US administration as votes of confidence for its America First strategy, the multibillion-dollar investment campaigns announced by biopharmaceutical multinationals in the US during Trump 2.0 may well be a display of smoke and mirrors. So argue analysts at investment bank Jefferies, who estimated that the majority of the capital spending announced since Trump took office in January was also already planned by these biopharma multinationals.

1 month ago | fdiintelligence.com | Danielle Myles

Australia’s election this weekend has brought to a head security concerns over Chinese ownership of the country’s most strategic port, with both prospective new governments vowing to employ rarely-used clawback powers to return it to Australian hands. Darwin Port, which in 2015 was leased to Beijing-controlled Landbridge for 99 years for A$506m ($320m), is the latest example of national security concerns thrusting foreign direct investment (FDI) into the election spotlight.

2 months ago | fdiintelligence.com | Ben Payton

The FDI angle- The US plans to expand its icebreaker fleet to enhance Arctic presence amid competition. - The White House wants to expand the country’s naval fleet too. With domestic shipbuilding at historic lows, it will have to rely on trade and investment from allies to make it happen.

Mar 6, 2025 | fdiintelligence.com | Jacopo Dettoni

Panama has been at the eye of the storm since Donald Trump’s return to the White House. In his speech to Congress on March 4, Mr Trump reiterated that “my administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal”, adding that “we’ve already started doing it”, in a reference to the stunning $22.8bn deal that saw BlackRock take over the two ports owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison on both sides of the canal.