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Foreign direct investment
is the participation of one
country
's resources in another country's business. Many times people and technology are transferred between the two countries. Most foreign direct investment happens between the most developed countries; Western
Europe
, the
US
, and
Japan
. A foreign direct investor (someone who makes a foreign direct investment) can be a government body, a company, or an individual.
China
has much foreign direct investment in it from other countries. India was the second most. The United States is also a leader in foreign direct investment.