Facilitation of trade and foreign investment[footnote 2] is a critical component of DIT’s operational activities. Future evidence development should focus on better evaluating the case for intervention to support firms, how to design investment and trade facilitation services efficiently, and how to maximise business engagement.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
It is a widely held view among economics and business scholars that the regional trade agreements such as NAFTA and EU have provided benefits to member countries, including Canada and the UK, and that these might be thre...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science
The project partially answers the question by exploring the impact of distance on trade and investment ties between countries, but does not specifically address foreign investment and trade asymmetries.