The Philippine Foreign Investments Act provides for the formulation of a regular foreign investment negative list (FINL) covering investment areas or activities that are open to non-Philippine investors. On May 29 2015, President Aquino issued, through Executive Order 184, the tenth FINL, which ...
On Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte issued an executive order promulgating the 12th Regular Foreign Investment Negative List, which greenlights foreign ownership in some key sectors. The revised list is aligned with the several acts recently passed for promoting foreign investment and "is al...
On Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte issued an executive order promulgating the 12th Regular Foreign Investment Negative List, which greenlights foreign ownership in some key sectors. The revised list is aligned with the several acts recently passed for promoting foreign investment and "is al...
c. The term"foreign investment"shall mean an equity investment made by non-Philippine national in the form of foreign exchange and/or other assets actually transferred to the Philippines and duly registered with the Central Bank which shall assess and appraise the value of such assets other than ...
will “further relax foreign investment access, completely removing restrictions on foreign investment in the manufacturing sector and accelerating the opening of the telecommunications, education, and healthcare service sectors”. This gives us some clues about how the 2024 FI Negative List will change...
or two factors. Perhaps, in actual fact, 2014 was just a “freak” year; total FDI for 2013 was recorded at $3.7bn. The impending 2016 elec- tions may also be having an effect, as foreign investors wait to assess the impact on the Philippines’ existing policies on foreign investment. ...
Subsequent Foreign Investment Negative Lists shall become effective fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines: Provided, however, That each Foreign Investment Negative List shall be prospective in operation and shall in no way affect foreign investment ...
This pattern of language policy changes preceding foreign investment decisions did not happen only in the Philippines. A num- ber of other countries actively adopted language policies in hopes of attracting foreign capital. In this article, we ask: Does language attract foreign direct inv...
Consideration 1: Foreign Investment Negative Lists When making a foreign equity investment in China, the first and most fundamental question for foreign investors to consider is whether the investment is allowed by the Chinese government, or whether the investment will face restrictions, as provided in...