Research and discuss the international trade and foreign direct investment statistics for your selected countries Kenya.

For a high level quick look at the international trade profile of countries you should go to Global Edge International Business Portal and click on the country you are researching and then click on Trade Statistics. Here is the link,Global Edge International Business Information Portal(Links to an external site.)

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Here is a link to the Word Trade Organization which will provide statistical overviews of trade statistics by country:WTO Country Trade Profiles(Links to an external site.)

Another source of trade and foreign direct investment statistics (both history and forecast) is the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) database in the FIU Online Library: EIUData Tool.

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For Foreign Direct Investment Information, by country, I would recommend you going to the United Nations Trade and Development websiteUNTAD WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2021.(Links to an external site.)

You can also find forecasted, as well as historical information on foreign direct investment by country in the EIUData Tool

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Another informative report on Foreign Direct Investment is the following.FDI REPORT 2021-1.pdf

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To see the data on Foreign Direct Investment from the United States to foreign countries and the Foreign Direct Investment from foreign countries into the United States, the following two websites from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis are excellent:

• U.S. Direct Investment Abroad Data(Links to an external site.)
• Foreign Direct Investment into the United States(Links to an external site.)

Here is a suggested outline of your report.

Executive Summary

International Trade (Exports, Imports, Balance of Trade, Key Countries Exported to, Key Counties Imported from, Main Export Items, Main Import Items)in a Comparative Chart and Discussion of the implications for doing business with or in the country.

Foreign Direct Investment ( Amount of Foreign Direct Investment into the country and amount of Foreign Direct Investment out of the country) both overall and from and to the United States Comparative Chart and Discussion of the implications of doing business .

Individual Country Reports

Detailed data on international trade statistics and foreign direct investment statistics for the country.