Global FDI inflows decline in 2014: UNCTAD

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2014 slid by 8 percent to an estimated 1.26 trillion dollars, said the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its latest report on Thursday.Factors behind the decline included the fragility of the global economy, policy uncertainty, and geopolitical risks, according to the latest edition of the UN organization's regular report Global Investment Trends Monitor.

With its 2014 FDI inflows estimated at 128 billion dollars - some 3 percent up from the previous year - Chinese mainland overtook the United States to become the largest FDI recipient in the world in 2014, UNCTAD's James Zhan told a press conference.