The Quadripartite Committee - comprising members of the defence, foreign affairs, international development and trade and industry select committees - is demanding the same powers of prior scrutiny afforded to their counterparts in the US and Sweden.

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According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), foreign direct investment (FDI) was one of the main casualties of the global slowdown last year.

BBC: World investment falls by half