[20000601]98-950_在美国的外国直接投资：数据和当前问题的经济分析.pdf

1 The United States defines foreign direct investment as the ownership or control, directly orindirectly, by one foreign person (individual, branch, partnership, association, government, etc.)of 10% or more of the voting securities of an incorporated U.S. business enterprise or an equivalentinterest in an unincorporated U.S. business enterprise. 15 CFR 806.15 (a)(1).2 Bach, Christopher L. U.S. International Transactions, Fourth Quarter and Year 1999. Surveyof Current Business, April 2000. p. 174.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-950 EUpdated June 1, 2000Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: AnEconomic Analysis of the Data and Current IssuesJames K. JacksonSpecialist in International Trade and FinanceForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryForeign investors poured record amounts (in nominal terms) of funds into U.S.businesses and real estate in 1998 and 1999, continuing the expansion that began in 1993.British investors lead all others; Europeans as a whole are the largest foreign directinvestors,1 both in terms of annual investments and in terms of their cumulative holdingsof investments