international investment flows

Just ask Argentina: little did we know that many of the over 2,000 trade and investment treaties that govern international investment flows cover "any type of asset".

That means that Russia now faces serious competition to secure a share of the international investment flows - particularly from fellow Brics, Brazil, Cina and India.

He also noted that President Bush had stated that the United States opposed government intervention that impeded or distorted international investment flows, which he said would result from enactment of the bill.

Even countries with limited trade with the United States, notably Argentina, have been put at greater risk as international investment flows have shifted increasingly to cash, United States government bonds and gold, although stocks have rebounded a bit in recent days.