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Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant is Resident Senior Fellow, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment at Columbia University.


Commentaries by Karl P. Sauvant

  • Newsart for Equal Treatment for Outward Investors

    Equal Treatment for Outward Investors

    NEW YORK – During the past decade, emerging economies have become important players in the global foreign-direct-investment market. Indeed, …

  • Newsart for China, Inc. Goes Global

    China, Inc. Goes Global

    NEW YORK – China’s economy is now taking its next great leap forward: parts of its manufacturing sector are now moving up the value-added ch…

  • Newsart for Le Défi Chinois

    Le Défi Chinois

    NEW YORK – So far, discussions about whether or not China should revalue its currency, the renminbi, have focused almost exclusively on the …

  • Newsart for Beware of FDI Protectionism

    Beware of FDI Protectionism

    NEW YORK – During their most recent meetings, the G-8 took a strong stance against protectionist measures in the area of foreign direct inve…

  • Fair Contracts for Poor Countries

    A number of countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere are abrogating or renegotiating contracts with multinational e…

  • Are Foreign Investors Still Welcome?

    World flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) have soared over the past two decades, from $40 billion in the early 1980’s to $900 billion l…

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