Frank Ahrens is a principal at BGR Group, a Washington, D.C.-based political consulting firm, and head of BGR Analytics, creator of the Asia Best Countries for Investment Index.
Foreign direct investment from the Asia-Pacific region to the United States has been a steady driver of American economic growth and a policy focus of President Joe Biden's administration. Japan has historically been the largest investor in the Asia-Pacific region, followed by Australia, South Korea and Singapore. Since Biden came to power, regional companies have invested about 200 billion dollars in the United States