El Salvador forges new relationship with China – it isn’t the first nor will it be the last nation to be wooed by Chinese investment.
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Chinese investment in the US has never been high, but the ongoing trade war could dampen it further, with significant long-term repercussions.
Plans for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., named after hockey great Gordie Howe, will increase the flow of goods between Canada and the U.S. But Canada’s current trade war with the United States means the country should diversify its economy by relying less on its southern neighbour.
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Is Canada ready for a scenario where the North American Free Trade Agreement is scrapped? The tense negotiations with the United States are a chance for Canada to diversify its trade partnerships.
Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Steven Ciobo attended the recent AFL match in Shanghai, but the bigger picture is about reassuring China that Australia welcomes its investment.
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Interviews with Chinese executives confirm the political debate about China is creating feelings of being unwelcome and apprehensive about investing in Australia.
People listen during a protest against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on May 29, 2018. The federal government’s decision to buy the project doesn’t inspire confidence for potential investors eyeing Canada.
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The decision of the Canadian government to purchase the $4.5 billion Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project doesn’t exactly instil confidence in Canada’s investment climate.
Will Sydney’s property market calm down now? Don’t bet on it.
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Foreign investment in Australian property has plummeted by more than half, signalling an apparent end to the China-fuelled real estate frenzy. Along the way we learned some useful lessons about boom and bust.
Being a property investor or house hunter appears to make Sydneysiders more supportive of foreign investment in residential real estate.
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You’d perhaps expect property investors not to mind foreign investors who might push up prices. More surprisingly, house hunters are also more supportive than those who are not looking to buy.
Australia got in first with restrictions on foreign investors in housing, but Jacinda Arden’s new government plans to go further.
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Concerns about foreign investors driving up housing prices have been growing. Australia was first to bar foreign purchases of existing residential property, but New Zealand is set to go further.
The impact of Airbnb varies from city to city and suburb to suburb.
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About 10% of empty dwellings on census night – 1.2% of all housing – were available for rental and vacancy rates have changed little in 35 years. Could governments be overreacting?
Highly skilled foreign workers (and the investment that follows them) are drawn to Australia because of the lifestyle.
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As innovative and business-friendly as Australia has become in its short history, what makes Australia stand out to international workers is its quality of life.
Most Sydneysiders are concerned about the effects of foreign investment on the local real estate market.
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Only 18% of Sydneysiders think foreign investors should be able to buy property. They simply don’t accept arguments that this investment improves housing affordability by increasing supply.
A Shorten government would double the screening fees on foreign investment and financial penalties that apply to foreign investment in residential real estate.
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The public debate about Chinese corporations investing in Australia is spurred by several misleading ideas about the control of the Chinese government and its intervention with private businesses.
The newly created Critical Infrastructure Centre could assist overseas investors on whether they should bid for critical assets like ports.
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The new Critical Infrastructure Centre might provide clarity on certain projects but it doesn’t resolve the ongoing debate on what approach the government should take with foreign investment.
Scott Morrison says after current spending is taken care of the government will be able to focus on ‘good debt’.
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Treasurer Scott Morrison says the government will take on more ‘good debt’ to boost productivity when current spending is under control.
The government has changed the rules so that another foreign investor can replace one who has pulled out of buying an off-the-plan dwelling.
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The government says its changes to foreign investment will increase housing supply and make it more affordable, but that’s relying on narrow and possibly incorrect assumptions about investors.
Scott Morrison will argue in favour of ‘keeping the door open’.
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Katter’s Australian Party federal MP Bob Katter said 30% of the Northern Territory’s farmland and 22% of Tasmania’s farmland is foreign-owned. Is that true?