7月23日，美国《外交事务》（Foreign Affairs)杂志发表了一篇文章，题目是How Trump is Repelling Foreign Investment（川普如何排斥外资）。于是查了一下美国官方提供的数据，发现好像不是这么回事啊。以下数据来源是美国经济分析局（U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)，原数据在
（补充：感谢HCC兄的讨论，俺最终找到了《外交事务》原始数据的来源：https://www.bea.gov/international/di1fdibal.htm? 。作为外交政策杂志，他们引用的是Financial Transaction Table，但这是外资金融总交易量，其中90%以上是因收购已有的美国企业而产生的。而主打经贸的Trading Economics网站是以该链接第二个表格Income Table 为准，是指美国实际收入的外资(字典里income的本意是 “a gainorrecurrent benefit usually measured in money that derives from capital or labor")，或曰“外资收益”。因此个人理解，真正的收益在后面一张表格吧。可不可以说，2017和18两年，美国是“输了面子”（金融总交易量下降）但赢了里子呢（外资收益增加）？投入美国的外资收益占外资总金融交易量的比例，这两年大大增加，2016年是33%，2017年达到了62.7%。如果是这样，这种“实而不华”，“闷声发财”的路子倒是很合俺的口味。）。
Note: * The UNCTAD Inward FDI Performance Index is Based on a Ratio of the Country's Share in Global FDI Inflows and its Share in Global GDP. ** The UNCTAD Inward FDI Potential Index is Based on 12 Economic and Structural Variables Such as GDP, Foreign Trade, FDI, Infrastructures, Energy Use, R&D, Education, Country Risk. *** Green Field Investments Are a Form of Foreign Direct Investment Where a Parent Company Starts a New Venture in a Foreign Country By Constructing New Operational Facilities From the Ground Up. **** Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) Measures the Value of Additions to Fixed Assets Purchased By Business, Government and Households Less Disposals of Fixed Assets Sold Off or Scrapped.
外国对美国的投资也不会就变成了美国的Income。而FDI量的不是Income。FDI量的是外国对美国的投资。包括：foreign acquisitions of existing US-owned businesses, establishments of new foreign-owned US businesses, or expansions of existing foreign-owned US businesses。
（见 https://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/fdi/2018/pdf/fdi0718.pdf ）
(＂Expenditures were down 32 percent from $379.7 billion (revised) in 2016 and were below the annual average of $359.9 billion for 2014-2016. ＂)
（以上见 https://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=62&step=1#reqid=62&step=6&isuri=1&6221=1&6220=1,2,3,4,5&6210=1&6200=65&6224=&6223=&6222=0&6230=1 ）
（Column 56: Financial transactions for inward direct investment (foreign direct investment in the United States), directional basis）
7月23日，美国《外交事务》（Foreign Affairs)杂志发表了一篇文章，题目是How Trump is Repelling Foreign Investment（川普如何排斥外资）。于是查了一下美国官方提供的数据，发现好像不是这么回事啊。以下数据来源是美国经济分析局（U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)，原数据在
（补充：感谢HCC兄的讨论，俺最终找到了《外交事务》原始数据的来源：https://www.bea.gov/international/di1fdibal.htm? 。作为外交政策杂志，他们引用的是Financial Transaction Table，但这是外资金融总交易量，其中90%以上是因收购已有的美国企业而产生的。而主打经贸的Trading Economics网站是以该链接第二个表格Income Table 为准，是指美国实际收入的外资(字典里income的本意是 “a gainorrecurrent benefit usually measured in money that derives from capital or labor")，或曰“外资收益”。因此个人理解，真正的收益在后面一张表格吧。可不可以说，2017和18两年，美国是“输了面子”（金融总交易量下降）但赢了里子呢（外资收益增加）？投入美国的外资收益占外资总金融交易量的比例，这两年大大增加，2016年是33%，2017年达到了62.7%。如果是这样，这种“实而不华”，“闷声发财”的路子倒是很合俺的口味。）。
Note: * The UNCTAD Inward FDI Performance Index is Based on a Ratio of the Country's Share in Global FDI Inflows and its Share in Global GDP. ** The UNCTAD Inward FDI Potential Index is Based on 12 Economic and Structural Variables Such as GDP, Foreign Trade, FDI, Infrastructures, Energy Use, R&D, Education, Country Risk. *** Green Field Investments Are a Form of Foreign Direct Investment Where a Parent Company Starts a New Venture in a Foreign Country By Constructing New Operational Facilities From the Ground Up. **** Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) Measures the Value of Additions to Fixed Assets Purchased By Business, Government and Households Less Disposals of Fixed Assets Sold Off or Scrapped.
