Growing foreign direct investment into the EU

Though the growth in foreign-owned direct investments in the EU Member States did not follow the pace at which EU Member States invested abroad during the nineties, it still rose significantly, particularly during 1997 and 1998. In 1998, total inflows to the European Union reached 193 bn ECU, a figure that almost doubled from 1997 and represented nearly 2.6% of the EU GDP In 1998.

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