This is getting interesting and probably the reason that investors are preferring to invest in financial markets rather than real economy.
Wolfstreet writes ..
More and more companies either choose not to invest in other countries or are prevented from doing so.
Global foreign direct investment flows plunged by another 27% in 2018, to just $1.1 trillion, the equivalent of 1.3% of global GDP, the lowest level since 1999, according to new data released by the OECD. The plunge was the fourth consecutive annual fall in global FDI flows, as more and more companies either choose not to invest in businesses or assets in other countries or are prevented from doing so.
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