#foreign-direct-investment

#foreign-direct-investment

Rather, growth in FDI is coming from innovative industries in one advanced country building out capacity in another advanced country, most often the U.S. Instead of modest factories churning out routine consumer goods, foreign investment activity is increasingly comprised of expansive facilities costing more than $1 billion that make cutting-edge products, including semiconductors. The Trump administration seeks to build on those gains, demanding foreign investment as a component of trade deals

The 50-page study benchmarked the UK against international peers on 48 competitiveness indicators and found foreign investment in life sciences had slumped to £795 million in 2023-58 per cent below 2017 levels-pushing Britain down to seventh place in global rankings from a high of second only two years earlier. Pharmaceutical R&D has also slowed markedly, growing at just 1.9 per cent annually since 2020, against a global average of 6.6 per cent.

Quinn warned that the abolition of the non-dom tax status has deterred wealthy investors, limiting funding for significant infrastructure projects in the UK.

Dublin received 2,275 site visits from the IDA in the past decade, while Meath and Wicklow only got 34 and 29, respectively, highlighting regional neglect.