Foreign Investment Falls to Near-Decade Low as Globalization Slows

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The steady drop in overseas investment signals that globalization has decelerated

New overseas investments by businesses around the world fell for the fourth-straight year in 2019 to their lowest level in almost a decade, pointing to a slowdown in globalization as the world-wide economy cooled.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said foreign direct investment, or FDI, last year fell to $1.39 trillion from $1.41 trillion. The 1% drop puts global FDI at its lowest level since 2010, when many businesses shelved plans as they assessed the impact of the financial crisis. The U.N. expects...

 

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Because it wasn't working. When some markets are manipulated by their government then everyone is not playing 'fair' (the same game).

The globalization is a tool not the ends

Or maybe wealth has gravitated to certain areas as was the core design of globalisation

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