Список проголосовавших за комментарий "Top emerging economies caught up with<br/> the U.S. during the past decade as recipients of foreign direct<br/> investment as international companies increased their presence<br/> in those developing markets.<br/> The CHART OF THE DAY traces the growth in foreign direct<br/> investment in the U.S. and the five BRICS countries (Brazil,<br/> Russia, India, China and South Africa) from 2000 through 2010.<br/> Foreign direct investment into the U.S. totaled $228<br/> billion in 2010, about 18 percent of such investment in all<br/> countries and down from 22 percent in 2000, according to United<br/> Nations data compiled by Bloomberg Government. New investment in<br/> the BRICS was also about 18 percent of total global investment<br/> in 2010, more than triple the share received by these countries<br/> in 2000. The BRICS received more foreign direct investment than<br/> the U.S. in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009.<br/> The pace of economic growth in the BRICS helped drive this<br/> trend. Gross domestic product in the BRICS increased by 330<br/> percent during the past decade, as compared with an increase of<br/> 47 percent in the U.S. The GDP of the BRICS countries combined<br/> was about 79 percent of U.S. GDP in 2010, an increase from 27<br/> percent a decade earlier.<br/> The competition helps explain why President Barack Obama<br/> established a program in June 2011, SelectUSA, to promote<br/> investment in U.S. businesses. Commerce Secretary John Bryson,<br/> in a December 2011 speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said<br/> that the U.S. is attractive for foreign investment because the<br/> cost of doing business in China and other emerging economies is<br/> rising.<br/> Foreign investments that involve at least a 10 percent<br/> ownership stake in the acquired company or assets are counted as<br/> foreign direct investment in official statistics."