政策インテリジェンス・ディレクター

Elena Rossi

Elena Rossi specializes in regulatory frameworks and policy intelligence across global markets. She monitors legislative changes that impact international trade and cross-border investment.

elena.rossi@globalfdiinsights.com

Bylined articles

Deepening the Legal Framework and Reshaping: Constraints and Opportunities for Green and Digital Transformation in ASEAN Countries' FDI Policies

This report is based on the OECD's review of ASEAN's FDI policies, providing an in-depth analysis of the current legal frameworks, restrictive barriers, and policy recommendations for ASEAN member states in the context of green transition and the digital economy, offering forward-looking insights into the investment environment for multinational enterprises and policymakers.

Research desk3 min read

Revisiting European Investment Resilience: Long-term Attractiveness Logic and Industry Reshaping Opportunities Under Global Uncertainty

Based on the EY report, analyze the structural reasons for Europe's resilience as a destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) amid global economic uncertainty, focusing on investment logic in high-growth sectors such as AI, low-carbon energy, and defense, and gaining insights into the evolution of attractiveness over the next three years.

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Global Private Capital Redefining Natural Assets: A Structural Shift from Risk Aversion to Financial Returns

Based on the latest research from Forest Trends and The Nature Conservancy, an in-depth analysis of the growth and drivers of private capital investment in the natural sector globally. Exploring how investment logic is shifting from purely environmental drivers to the integration of financial returns, as well as the distribution characteristics of regional investment hotspots.

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Reshaping the Paradigm of Vietnam's Industrial Parks: Transitioning from Land Costs to Data-Driven Smart Ecosystems

Analyze the structural challenges facing Vietnam's industrial parks and explore how to fundamentally transform from traditional models to next-generation smart industrial parks by introducing digitalization, green development, and intelligent management to meet the stringent requirements of global supply chains and ESG standards.

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Governance Maturity as an Investment Variable: Export Divergence in Ecuador’s Agricultural Industry Clusters and a Reassessment of Latin American Industrial Policy

A comparative study of seven agricultural industry clusters in Ecuador shows that clusters with different levels of governance maturity exhibit systematically different export trajectories. As global compliance costs rise, cluster governance is evolving from an industrial policy tool into infrastructure for export access.

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The Contest over “Systemic Capacity” in Industrial Policy: How Fragmented U.S. Interventions Are Reshaping Global Capital and Supply Chains

If U.S. industrial policy remains at piecemeal interventions, it will be difficult to change capital flows and supply chain layouts. This article examines the medium- and long-term implications for FDI, manufacturing relocation, and regional competition by focusing on the mix of instruments, policy coordination, AI and energy conflicts, exchange-rate offsets, and institutional capacity and legitimacy.

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European FDI's Resilience Code: Structural Transformation from Traditional Manufacturing to AI, Defense, and Energy

Despite heightened global uncertainty, Europe recorded more than 5,000 FDI projects in 2025, with investment in AI, defense, and low-carbon energy surging while traditional manufacturing slowed. Around 60% of companies expect the region's attractiveness to rise over the next three years, as Europe undergoes a capital restructuring across both industrial and geographic dimensions.

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Re-examining China's Special Economic Zones: Industrial Layout and Investment Location Choices from the Perspective of Global Capital

From the perspectives of global capital flows, industrial chain restructuring, and regional competition, this article provides an in-depth analysis of the differentiated positioning and investment logic of seven major Chinese special economic zones, including Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Xiamen, Hainan, Kashgar, and Horgos, offering multinational enterprises a research-based framework for location selection.

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Global Commercial Real Estate 2026: Six Forces Reshaping the Investment Landscape

Based on JLL's latest outlook, analyze the six major trends in global commercial real estate in 2026: cost efficiency, supply shortage, experience-driven, AI implementation, energy integration, and investment democratization, revealing the new landscape of capital flows and regional competition.

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Vietnam Industrial Park Digital Transformation: Key Path to Attracting High-Quality Foreign Investment

Vietnam's industrial parks are transforming from traditional management models to digital, intelligent, and green approaches in order to attract high-quality foreign direct investment. This article analyzes global capital flow trends, policy drivers, and regional competitive dynamics, exploring the core roles of digital technology, AI, and cybersecurity in the upgrading of industrial parks.

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Rule of law construction becomes a key driving force for China-EU ESG cooperation: A new paradigm for cross-border investment from Liaoning's practice

At the Third China-Europe Corporate ESG Best Practices Conference, Chinese legal expert Wang Heng emphasized that strengthening the rule of law framework and regulatory certainty is a core element for deepening China-Europe cooperation on environmental, social, and governance issues. This article, from the perspective of global capital flows and combined with industrial practices in Liaoning, analyzes how the construction of the rule of law provides institutional guarantees for cross-border ESG investment.

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The rise of Vietnam's supporting industries: Strategic transformation from import dependence to a core node in the global supply chain

Against the backdrop of supply chain restructuring and a surge in foreign capital inflows, Vietnam is enhancing localization rates and reducing import dependence by developing supporting industries, with the goal of raising localization rates in key industries to 40-45% by 2030. Based on information from the Ho Chi Minh City Forum in July 2026, this article analyzes how Vietnam is upgrading from assembly and processing to high value-added manufacturing, as well as the opportunities and challenges brought by multinational enterprise布局, policy support, and certification standards.

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Global Financial Capital Restructuring: South Korea Rises as Asia's Top Investment Destination, China and India Face Regulatory Scrutiny

Based on the latest survey by ASIFMA and KPMG, global financial companies are shifting their Asia-Pacific expansion focus toward South Korea while adopting a more cautious stance toward China and India. This article analyzes the deep logic behind this trend from dimensions such as capital flows, policy environment, and geo-economics, and explores its long-term impact on the Asian investment landscape.

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Mozambique's New Mining Nationalization Law: Foreign Investment Game Under the Wave of Resource Nationalism

Mozambique's new mining law requires the state to hold at least a certain percentage of shares in mining projects, marking a deepening of the country's resource nationalism policy. This article analyzes the potential impact of this policy on global mining capital flows, multinational corporate investment strategies, and the governance landscape of African resources.

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