asp fdi national poll march 2016 final

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Views on Foreign Direct Investment

National Poll of Likely American Voters

March 2016


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Poll Methodology 3

Foreign Direct Investment 5 – 11

Foreign Direct Investment by Country and Industry 12 – 14

Foreign Direct Investment in Agriculture 15 – 22

Focus on China Inc. 23 – 27


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Poll Methodology


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Total sample of 1,003 “likely voters” across the U.S.

Fielded via telephone March 5-10, 2016

50% of the interviews conducted via landline phone and 50% via cell phone

Sample proportioned demographically and geographically to accurately reflect all “likely

voters” in the country

Conducted by FTI Consulting, Inc.

Margin of error associated with a sample of this type: +/- 3.1% at the 95% confidence

interval


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Foreign Direct Investment

Views on a Foreign Company Buying a U.S. Company or a Global Company with

Significant Business in the U.S.


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What kind of impact, if any, do you think

increasing exports of U.S. products has on the

U.S. economy?

What kind of impact, if any, do you think reducing

U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources has

on the U.S. economy?

91%

7%

Positive Negative

79%

17%

Positive Negative


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What kind of impact, if any, do you think foreign

companies buying U.S. companies or global

companies with significant business

in the U.S. has on the U.S. economy?

What kind of impact, if any, do you think foreign

governments restricting exports of U.S. goods or

services has on the U.S. economy?

27%

67%

Positive Negative

14%

80%

Positive Negative


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How comfortable, if at all, are you with a foreign

company buying a U.S. company or a global

company with significant business in the U.S.?

How comfortable, if at all, are you with a foreign

company making a minority investment in a U.S.

company or a global company with significant

business in the U.S. ‐‐ meaning they have a say,

but don't have full control of the company?

62%

36%

Comfortable Uncomfortable

32%

66%



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How comfortable, if at all, are you with a foreign state‐owned enterprise ‐ meaning a foreign government owns

or controls a company ‐ buying a U.S. company or a global company with significant business in the U.S.?

18%

80%



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59%

59%

67%

70%

71%

29%

29%

21%

23%

21%

11%

9%

11%

6%

7%

Ensuring America's energy is safe and secure

Ensuring that U.S. intellectual property is secure

Ensuring America's food safety and security

Ensuring America's telecom and data are secure

Ensuring America's national security

Very Concerning Somewhat Concerning Not Concerning Column1

For each one of the following, please indicate how much, if at all, of a concern it is to you when a foreign

company buys or invests in a U.S. company or a global company with significant business in the U.S.?


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In the review of trade policy and foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies or global companies with significant

business in the U.S., should the U.S. government take into account the military actions of foreign

governments when reviewing transactions involving companies based in those specific countries?

86%

11%

Yes No


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Foreign Direct Investment by

Industry and Country

Views on a Foreign Company Buying a U.S. Company or a Global Company with

Significant Business in the U.S. by Industry and Country


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33%

34%

36%

37%

39%

48%

65%

65%

63%

61%

59%

50%

Telecommunications

Financial Services

Energy

Agriculture

Technology

Manufacturing

Comfortable Uncomfortable Column1

How comfortable, if at all, you are with a foreign company buying or investing in a U.S. company or a global

company with significant business in the U.S. in the following industries?


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20%

22%

25%

73%

75%

83%

79%

77%

75%

26%

24%

17%

Russia

Middle East

China

Germany

France

UK


How comfortable, if at all, you are with a company from the following countries buying or investing in a U.S.

company or a global company with significant business in the U.S.?


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Foreign Direct Investment in Agriculture

Views on the Impact of a Foreign Company Buying a U.S. Company or a Global

Company with Significant Business in the U.S. on American Food Safety and Security


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Generally speaking, how much, if at all, do you think about the safety of the food you buy for your family?

24%

37%

15%

6%

All of the Time Sometimes Not Much Not at All


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Should food safety and security be considered a national security issue?

86%

13%

Yes No


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How comfortable, if at all, are you with a foreign company from the following countries buying or investing in

a U.S. agricultural company or a global company with a significant agricultural business in the U.S.?

23%

24%

25%

70%

72%

78%

77%

75%

75%

29%

27%

21%

China

Middle East

Russia

Germany

France

UK



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Do you think the U.S. government should allow a Chinese company to buy or invest in a U.S. agricultural

company or a global company that supplies a significant percentage of the U.S. food supply in a given year?

25%

73%

Yes No


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Do you think the U.S. government should scrutinize these transactions more carefully to ensure U.S. food

safety as part of the regulatory review process?

93%

6%

Yes No


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Is the potential of a company controlled by the Chinese government having control of a significant amount of

the corn, soybeans, and wheat grown and consumed in the U.S. concerning or not concerning to you?

77%

23%

Concerning Not Concerning


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Would you buy food if you knew it contained corn, soybeans, or wheat produced from seeds supplied by a

company controlled by the Chinese government?

42%

55%

Yes No


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Focus on China Inc.

Views on Chinese Government Control of Key Industries and U.S. Policy Implications


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Given Chinese government control over its key industries, is it concerning or not concerning to you that China

has increased its purchases of U.S. assets?

91%

8%

Yes No


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Given Chinese government control over its key industries, is it fair to U.S. companies that these Chinese

companies operate under a different set of rules?

25%

72%

Yes No


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Regulators in other countries and regions‐

the EU and Australia, for example‐

are already looking at how theChinese government controls and coordinates its key industries and state‐owned enterprises when reviewing

any takeover attempts by Chinese state‐owned companies when deciding if an attempted takeover violates

their country's anti‐trust laws. Do you think U.S. regulators should also be adopting a similar approach to

protect the competitiveness of U.S. businesses?

94%

4%

Yes No


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China severely restricts access to its markets for U.S. companies and controls and coordinates its own

state‐owned companies. Do you think U.S. policy makers and regulators should be doing something to ensure

U.S. companies are not placed in a competitive disadvantage by this?

94%

5%

Yes No


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