Japan discovers, to its horror, that years of sharply limiting foreign investment and immigration to retain control over its economy have deprived it of both foreign innovation and foreign innovators; after a lost decade, it cannot bring itself to break old habits.
Under Mr. Kyaw Hsan's leadership, the Information Ministry sharply limited foreign journalists' access to the country.
More than 600 companies have closed over the past year and farm invasions and political violence have sharply reduced foreign investment.
A 26-month conflict with the Palestinians has strained Israel's defense budget, while the violence has sharply reduced foreign investment and tourism.
Their arguments were strengthened through the week as Peruvian bond and stock prices dropped sharply and foreign financial institutions issued risk warnings that threatened to increase interest rates.
Driven by sharply increased foreign sales, particularly in Asia, Brazil and the Middle East, and the growing need for more long-range international travel by domestic companies, the market for the biggest, most expensive business jets has remained strong.
But the mood now seems to be improving sharply.The foreign ministers of the two countries are due to meet within the next three months, amid broad efforts to improve ties.
SHANGHAI — Chinese officials have sharply criticized foreign reporters here over their coverage of the riots in Tibet, accusing them of biased reporting and preventing them from traveling to Tibet or neighboring provinces to report on the unrest.
Many OPEC countries have state oil monopolies, most notably Aramco in Saudi Arabia, which the country nationalized in 1980, and the five reserve-rich gulf nations all sharply restrict foreign investment and influence over their oil industries.
The two years of tumult that began with the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak has sharply slowed foreign investment and tourism, and economists say the Egyptian government urgently needs a cash infusion of several billion dollars to fend off the risk of an economic calamity that could lead to more unrest and instability.
