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- UNCTAD: global inward FDI rose 6.0% in 2025
- Flows concentrated in strategic sectors like AI
- Capital reallocating toward high-growth tech
UNCTAD reports global inward FDI rose 6.0% in 2025, with flows concentrated in strategic sectors like AI. In an era of geopolitical fragmentation and supply-chain reshuffling, cross-border investment is not retreating but selectively concentrating — toward tech with long-run growth and strategic value. FDI is global capital voting with its feet, telling you where money flows; AI's magnetism shows compute and intelligence infrastructure remain the main axis. For Japan, it is a window to attract capital into chips and data centers, and it shapes Japan-Taiwan supply-chain ties. Watch investment-promotion policies and AI FDI landing. (From the JETRO summary.)
JETRO, citing a UNCTAD report, notes that global inward foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 6.0% in 2025 from the prior year, with flows concentrated in strategic sectors such as AI. Against geopolitical fragmentation and supply-chain reshuffling, cross-border investment is not broadly retreating but selectively concentrating in tech with long-run growth and strategic value. (From the JETRO summary; country-level and detailed figures are per the original UNCTAD report.)