Here is some data to illustrate it:
US FDI flows 1995-2004
Home made with data from UNCTAD FDI Database Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
About the poor quality of the picture, please, be indulgent: it's the first time I use Photobucket to upload a graph I made... "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Thanks for the source on FDI. I've longed wanted such a source to build a graph with French inbound FDI compared to others, to show that despite its 'horrible' policies, it is an attractive place to invest in. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
