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2026Foreign DirectInvestmentin Latin Americaand the Caribbean Navigating the newglobal context Thank you for your interest inthis ECLAC publication Please register if you would like to receive information on our editorialproducts and activities. When you register, you may specify your particularareas of interest and you will gain access to our products in other formats. Register Click on the link below for our social networks andother channels for accessing our publications: https://bit.ly/m/CEPAL Executive summary Foreign DirectInvestmentin Latin Americaand the Caribbean2026 Navigating the newglobal context José Manuel Salazar-XirinachsExecutive Secretary Javier Medina VásquezDeputy Executive Secretary a.i. Marco Llinás VargasChief, Division of Production, Productivity and Management Sally Shaw Chief, Documents and Publications Division The 2026 version ofForeign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbeanis the most recent edition of an annual series produced bythe Unit on Investment and Corporate Strategies of the Division of Production, Productivity and Management of the Economic Commissionfor Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). It was prepared by Tanner Boisjolie, Leandro Cabello, Andrea Laplane and Cecilia Plottier.Preparation of the document was coordinated by Cecilia Plottier and supervised by Marco Llinás Vargas. Input was provided by Natalia Genta,Economic Affairs Officer in the Division. Comments and suggestions were received from José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Vianka Aliaga, Anahí Amar, José Manuel Arroyo, NicoleBidegain,Gabriela Castro-Mora, Martín Cherkasky, Sofía Domínguez, Demetris Herakleous, Sebastián Herreros, Keiji Inoue, Junseok Lee,Jorge Mario Martínez, Javier Meneses, Johan Mulder, Nahuel Oddone, Ramón Padilla, Michael Pantin, Ángela Penagos, Javier Pérez,Daniel Perrotti, Manuel Quesada, Verónica Quiroz, Juan Carlos Rivas, Sergio Rivero, Helvia Velloso and Romain Zivy. Thanks are due to the government authorities and executives of companies consulted, for their inputs for the preparation of this document.Any comments or suggestions concerning the contents of this document should be addressed to Cecilia Plottier (maria.plottier@cepal.org).The United Nations and the countries it represents assume no responsibility for the content of links to external sites in this publication.Mention of any firm names and commercial products or services does not imply endorsement by the United Nations or the countries it represents.The boundaries and names shown on the maps included in this publication do not imply official acceptance or endorsement by the United Nations. Explanatory notes: This publication should be cited as: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2026).Foreign Direct Investment in Latin Americaand the Caribbean, 2026:navigating the new global context. Executive summary(LC/PUB.2026/7). A. OverviewofforeigndirectinvestmentinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean.......................................................................................................... 5B. ForeigndirectinvestmentintheregioninthecontextofthenewUnitedStatestradepolicy....................................................................... 8Bibliography.......................................................................................................................12 A. OverviewofforeigndirectinvestmentinLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean The 2026 edition ofForeign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbeanis being publishedat a time of great uncertainty and heightened tensions in the world. The global context of weaponizedinterdependence is having a profound impact on trade and foreign direct investment (FDI), but it isstill too soon to clearly make out the direction, scope and duration of these effects. Furthermore,no single response can be sought for the region as a whole, since the great heterogeneity of itseconomies, their production structures and their position in the global economy preclude this. However, it is possible to provide data on the main FDI trends in the region during 2025 and on theglobal context the region has to contend with, together with a number of recommendations that canpotentially enable its countries to continue attracting and benefiting from the presence of foreigncompanies with a view to achieving their productive transformation goals. In 2025, global FDI inflows rose by 14% on the previous year to a total of US$ 1.6 trillion, driven by increasedinvestment in developed economies, with particularly large movements in some European countries. This global landscape, characterized by increased capital inflows into central countries, a sustaineddecline in investment inflows into China and a mixed performance across developing economies,is part of a new configuration of cross-border investment that has been taking shape over the lastfive years. Against this background, the general picture in 2025 was one of declining investment pr