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  2. Foreign portfolio investment - Wikipedia

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    This type of investment is a way for investors to diversify their portfolio with an international advantage. Foreign portfolio investment shows up in a country's capital account. It is also part of the balance of payments which measures the amount of money flowing in and out of a country over a given time period.

  3. Bilateral investment treaty - Wikipedia

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    A bilateral investment treaty (BIT) is an agreement establishing the terms and conditions for private investment by nationals and companies of one state in another state. This type of investment is called foreign direct investment (FDI). BITs are established through trade pacts. A nineteenth-century forerunner of the BIT is the "friendship ...

  4. Foreign trade of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The authority of Congress to regulate international trade is set out in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 1): . The Congress shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and to promote the general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform ...

  5. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [ 2 ] and released to the public in January 2007. [ 3 ]

  6. Overseas Private Investment Corporation - Wikipedia

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    In the 2000s, Friends of the Earth; Greenpeace; and the cities of Boulder, Arcata, and Oakland won against the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (and the Export-Import Bank of the United States), which were accused of financing fossil-fuel projects detrimental to a stable climate in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act in a ...

  7. Does US investment in international development really ...

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    “What brings us all together in this ‘strange bedfellows’ coalition is a shared belief in America’s global leadership, the belief that strategic investments in development and diplomacy ...

  8. International economics - Wikipedia

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    International economics is concerned with the effects upon economic activity from international differences in productive resources and consumer preferences and the international institutions that affect them. It seeks to explain the patterns and consequences of transactions and interactions between the inhabitants of different countries ...

  9. Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007

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    The United States Senate passed their version of the bill on June 29, 2007 by unanimous consent. On July 11, 2007, the House passed the Senate's version, S. 1610 by a vote of 370–45. The bill establishes a framework for the review of foreign acquisitions of US assets by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).