A foreign direct investment $($FDI$)$ is an investment made by a firm or individual in one country into a firm located in another country. Typically more than $10\%$ ownership. Not the purchase of publicly$-$traded shares in a foreign firm!

From $1982$ through, $1988,$ U$.$S$.$ direct investment in South Africa dropped by more than $\%$

$5\%$

$10\%$

$20\%$

$40\%$