<P> In 2015, India emerged as top FDI destination surpassing China and the US . India attracted FDI of $31 billion compared to $28 billion and $27 billion of China and the US respectively . India received $63 billion in FDI in 2015 . India also allowed 100% FDI in many sectors on 2016 </P> <P> Broadly speaking, the United States has a fundamentally "open economy" and low barriers to FDI . </P> <P> U.S. FDI totaled $194 Billion in 2010 . 84% of FDI in the United States in 2010 came from or through eight countries: Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Canada . A major source of investment is the real estate, the foreign investment in this area totaled $92.2 billion in 2013, under various forms of purchase structures (considering the U.S. taxation and residency laws). </P> <P> A 2008 study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco indicated that foreigners hold greater shares of their investment portfolios in the United States if their own countries have less developed financial markets, an effect whose magnitude decreases with income per capita . Countries with fewer capital controls and greater trade with the United States also invest more in U.S. equity and bond markets . </P>

The two major concerns about foreign direct investment are