The USMCA has yet to be ratified in the US, Canada and Mexico while all three countries raise questions over key issues like labour reform. 

The Panamanian government is looking to a combination of state funding and private investment to reduce dependence on the Panama Canal. 

Moves are afoot to relax the 24% cap for foreign investors, to improve FDI inflows. N Chandra Mohan reports.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development has found an alarming increase in countries introducing investment restrictions or rules.

A survey by McKinsey finds widespread pessimism on global economic growth, though emerging countries are more confident about their national prospects than their developed peers.

Early 2019 figures show global M&A underperforming for a sixth consecutive quarter.

Offshore financial centres are playing a critical role in development finance, according to the Overseas Development Institute.

New York supercedes San Francisco and five cities in mainland China join the top ranks. Alex Irwin-Hunt reports.

Greenfield FDI projects undertaken in Northern Ireland are forecast to fall 3% per year, says a new report. Alex Irwin-Hunt reports.

The long-standing head of Kazakhstan resigned on March 19, officially opening a succession race for the leadership of the the oil-rich economy. Jacopo Dettoni reports.