How China's Largest TV Maker Invested in Georgia to Globalize Its Brand
Paulson Papers on Investment Case Study Series How China’s Largest TV Maker Invested in Georgia to Globalize its Brand April 2017 Paulson Papers on Investment Case Study Series Preface or decades, bilateral investment sectors, such as agribusiness or has flowed predominantly from the manufacturing—to identify tangible FUnited States to China. But Chinese opportunities, examine constraints investments in the United States have and obstacles, and ultimately fashion expanded considerably in recent sensible investment models. years, and this proliferation of direct investments has, in turn, sparked new Some of the publications in this debates about the future of US-China Investment series look ahead. For economic relations. example, our agribusiness papers examine trends in the global food Unlike bond holdings, which can be system and specific US and Chinese bought or sold through a quick paper comparative advantages. They propose transaction, direct investments involve prospective investment models. people, plants, and other assets. They are a vote of confidence in another Even as we look ahead, we also aim to country’s economic system since they look backward, drawing lessons from take time both to establish and unwind. past successes and failures. And that is the purpose of the case studies, as The Paulson Papers on Investment aim distinct from the other papers in this to look at the underlying economics— series. Some Chinese investments in and politics—of these cross-border the United States have succeeded. They investments between the United States created or saved jobs, or have proved and China. beneficial in other ways. Other Chinese investments have failed: revenue sank, Many observers debate the economic, companies shed jobs, and, in some political, and national security cases, businesses closed.
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