Research On The Foreign Investment Regulatory Systems Of North American Countries From The Perspective Of Chinese Investors

As China's economy grows ever larger,the global outflow of China's Foreign Direct Investment(FDI)across the world has also been increasing at a rapid pace.Among them,one of the most popular regions for Chinese investment today is North America.Although as a region,China's investments in North America are not as large as those in Latin America and the Arab World,but as a country,the US is the second largest recipient of Chinese FDI in 2010 at $28.1 billion.By combining Chinese FDI in Canada and the US,the total amount of investment in those two countries exceeds that of any other country.Yet despite China 's increasing interest to invest in North America,Chinese investors have experienced many difficulties and challenges with Canada's and the US's regulatory process.Oftentimes,Chinese mergers and acquisitions are portrayed in a negative light,and are even denied on controversial grounds.Thus,this paper will focus on North America's foreign investment regulatory system.The first part of the paper will analyze and compare Canada and the US by analyzing the sectorial distribution of Chinese FDI.The second part of the paper will examine the regulatory system and process for FDI in Canada and the US as well as some of the high profile cases.The third part of the paper will focus on the potential problems the US's national security review process may cause for a Sino-US bilateral investment treaty(BIT).