The United States is already the largest recipient of FDI in the world.

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This is the world's second-largest economy but its outward flow of FDI is just the fifth largest in the world.

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The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies says FDI will contract by a further 12-15% this year.

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Control of the world's stock of foreign direct investment (FDI), which includes takeovers and companies' greenfield investments, tends to reflect a country's economic muscle.

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Their World Investment Report put China in the No. 1 spot for FDI over the next two years and beyond, followed by the U.S., India, Indonesia and Brazil.

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