Perhaps the title to this piece is misleading, as events have shown over the years that attempting to separate FDI from politics is a little optimistic. While the losers in the short term are investors, in the longer term they are the locations vying to enhance their economic development. It’s one thing where policy is involved… In general terms, economic development policy will tend to encourage liberalization, which is likely to support FDI growth. Indeed, for better or wor