FACTS

Question 1

Examples of FDI

Answer 1

Coca-Cola has invested $1.5 billion in the Russian economy. This includes training of the construction of manufacturing plants and improvements to infrastructure

In 2015, a Japanese car manufacturer, Nissan invested £100 million in its car plant in Sunderland in the UK

Question 2

World’s largest TNC

Answer 2

2016 –> Wal-Mart stores with a turnover of $482 billion, which is the equivalent of Poland’s GDP

Question 3

EU

Answer 3

• 28 countries
• a population of 510 million
• GDP (PPP) $19 trillion
• free migration across borders
• 2007 - the EU blocked £50 million worth of Chinese made clothes from entering the UK as the annual quota had been filled

Question 4

World Bank loans and grants

Answer 4

in 2014 it distributed US$ 65 billion in loans and grants

Question 5

Immigrants in London

Answer 5

in 2011, the parents of 65% of the babies born in London had been born outside of the UK themselves

Question 6

Internal migrants

Answer 6

in 2013, 750 million internal migrants were living in cities across the world

Question 7

UK clothing manufacturing

Answer 7

by 2015, only 12% of M&S clothing was made in the UK