overseas investment
noun[U]
ukusFINANCE
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overseas investment
The post-war period saw extensiveoverseasinvestmentthrough subsidiaries and associates.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This was part of the long-running debate about the costs and benefits of the ver y large scale ofoverseasinvestment.
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Of course, these data may reflect - at least partially - the increasing scale of privateoverseasinvestmentby these industries.
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This frightens offoverseasinvestment, sharply reduces the flow of tourists, and stops financial aid.
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Sol's does show that government institutions designed to aid i small and medium-sized firms have been granted greater authority to provide funds foroverseasinvestment.
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We must realise that there are only two money markets in the world foroverseasinvestment.
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There are certainly restrictions, but the volume ofoverseasinvestment, partly in consequence of borrowing overseas, is very substantial and is rising.
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He rather dismissed any thought thatoverseasinvestmentis being restricted.
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The other main theme which has run through the debate has been that ofoverseasinvestment.
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Secondly,overseasinvestmentdoes not provide an assured short-term return.
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