Publications: In the Media

Television, radio, and newspaper articles. A number of these items are available online here.

2020–Now

Karl P. Sauvant, "A Golden Opportunity for a Beleaguered WTO", Project Syndicate, 24 March 2026.

Karl P. Sauvant, "An Opportunity for Türkiye to Help It Attract more Foreign Direct Investment", Anadolu (Türkiye’s national news wire), 11 June 2025, op. ed.

Karl P. Sauvant, "SA [South Africa] should Urgently Support the WTO’s Job-creating Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement", Daily Maverick (South Africa), 27 August 2024, op. ed.

Karl P. Sauvant interview entitled "G7 Could Decide to Further De-risk its Economies from China, which Can Benefit India", published in The Economic Times (India), 13 June 2024.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Send Signal to Investors", The Economic Times of India, 25 April 2024, op. ed.

Participated in an interview on the WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement, organized by the Friends of Multilateralism, 18 March 2024.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Pact only Limited by Unavailability", The Economic Times (India), 26 February 2024, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "The WTO’s FDI Challenge", Project Syndicate, 22 February 2024, op. ed..

Karl P. Sauvant, "Developing Countries Need Help with Mineral Deals", Financial Times, 22/23 July 2023, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Q & A with Karl P. Sauvant", Contractually Speaking… (a newsletter of the CONNEX Support Unit), Summer 2021, pp. 3-4.

2010—2019

Karl P. Sauvant and Axel Berger, "Putting FDI on the G20 Agenda", Project Syndicate, 3 August 2018, op. ed.. This op. ed. is based on Axel Berger, Karl. P. Sauvant, Silvia Karina Fiezzoni, Rodrigo Polanco, Matthew Stephenson, Akihiko Tamura, and Pavel Trunin, "Moving the G20’s Investment Agenda Forward", Policy Brief prepared for the T20 Task Force on Trade, Investment and Tax Cooperation.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Time to Move Ahead with Investment Facilitation", Shanghai Daily, 5 July 2018, op. ed. (This op. ed. is based on "International Investment Facilitation: By Whom and for What?", a speech given at a conference on Trade Facilitation 2.0 in Regional Trade Agreements. Enabling Trade in the Digital Age, Geneva, 11-12 June 2018).

Karl P. Sauvant, "China Has a Key Role to Play in Denuclearisation of North Korea", Financial Times, 5 May 2018, letter to the editor.

Thomas Jost and Karl P. Sauvant, "Fortschritte bei globalem Investitionsabkommen", Handelsblatt, 9 September 2016, p. 16, op. ed..

Lee C. Bollinger and Karl P. Sauvant, "How Investment Agreements can Protect Free Media", Project Syndicate, 11 July 2016, op. ed. This article appeared in five publications in five countries; was published in two languages; and was accessed nearly one million times on social-media platforms.

Karl P. Sauvant, "An Institutional Roadmap to Sustainable Investment", Shanghai Daily, 17 November 2015, op. ed.

Karl P. Sauvant, "G7 Move for Fair and Stable Contracts Can be a Boon to Developing Economies", Financial Times, 10 July 2014, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant and Victor Z. Chen, "China Needs ‘Going-in’ Rules for FDI Goodwill", Shanghai Daily, 23 June 2014, op. ed. This is a reprint of Karl P. Sauvant and Victor Z. Chen, "China Needs to Complement its ‘Going-out’ Policy with a ‘Going-in’ Strategy", Columbia FDI Perspective, no. 121 (12 May 2014); also available in Chinese at this link.

Interview on "Challenges for China’s Outward FDI" for the Program "People in the Know", China Radio International, Beijing, 30 December 2013.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Challenges for China's Outward FDI", China Daily, 31 October 2013, op. ed. This is a reprint of Karl P. Sauvant, "Three Challenges for China’s Outward FDI Policy", Columbia FDI Perspectives, no. 106 (14 October 2013), also available in Chinese at this link.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Investment to the Fore in EU-US Partnership", Financial Times, 20 June 2013, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Equal Treatment for Outward Investors", Project Syndicate, 12 June 2012, op. ed. Reprinted by the East Asia Forum, 7 July 2012.

Karl P. Sauvant, "China, Inc. Goes Global", Project Syndicate, 30 November 2011, op. ed. Reprinted in: Les Echos (France); La Vanguardia (Spain); Caijing Magazine and China National News (China); Business Intelligence (Macau); Taipei Times (Taiwan); The Georgian Times (Georgia); Wyborcza.biz, Wyborcza.pl (Poland); The Korea Times (Rep. of Korea); South China Morning Post (Hong Kong); Al Watan Daily (Kuwait); Times of Oman (Oman); Al Arab (Qatar); Khaleej Times (UAE); Lianhe Zaobao, The Straits Times (Singapore); Jordan Times (Jordan); Bangkok Post (Thailand); Les Echos (Mali); and Columbia Business School’s Chazen Global Insights. Reprinted under the title "Perspectives: China’s Manufacturing Sector is Moving Up and Out" in AIB Insights, vol. 12 (2012), pp.18-19.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Is the United States Ready for FDI from China?", China Daily insert in the New York Times, 10 November 2011.

Karl P. Sauvant, "You Don’t Have to be Big to be a Multinational", Financial Times, 25 August 2011, letter to the editor.

Interview (also with Mark Kantor and Michael Nolan), under the title "Learning from Experience: An Interview with Three Experts", Political Risk Insurance Newsletter, vol. VII, issue 1, May 2011, pp. 1, 4-8.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Overcoming Liability for Foreignness", China Daily, 23 May 2011, op. ed.

Karl P. Sauvant and Ken Davies, "Le défi Chinois", Project Syndicate on 2 December 2010, op. ed. Reprinted in: Biencar Hebdo (Cameroon); Ethio-Chamber (Ethiopia); Les Echos (Mali); Le Quotidien de Nouakchott (Mauritania); The New Times (Rwanda); The Shanghai Daily (China); Jakarta Post (Indonesia); The Japan Times (Japan); Business World (Philippines); Taipei Times (Taiwan); Wyborcza (Poland); Goodwill (Slovakia); Valor (Brazil); Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia); Borsen (Denmark); Le Nouvel Economiste (France); II sole – 24 Ore (Italy); The Malta Independent (Malta); and L’Agefi (Switzerland).

Interview, "E um bom momento para investor", by the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, 21 November 2010.

Interview on "The Alyona Show: Wall Street in Washington" of the RT Television Network on the implications of Chinese investment into American companies, 9 February 2010.

2000—2009

Interview on "The Rise of China" (video), produced by NetEase, 29 September 2009 (in Chinese).

Karl P. Sauvant, "Beware of FDI Protectionism", published by Project Syndicate on 30 July 2009, op. ed. Reprinted in: Les Echos (Mali); Business Day (Nigeria); Shanghai Daily (China); South China Morning Post (Hong Kong); Jakarta Post (Indonesia); Daily Times (Pakistan); The Korea Times and Joong Ang Ilbo (Republic of Korea); The Edge (Malaysia); Business World (Philippines); L’Echo (Belgium); Poslovni Dnevnik (Croatia); Aripaev (Estonia); I Naftemporiki (Greece); Logos Press (Moldova); Jornal de Negocios (Portugal); L'Agefi (Switzerland); Ekonomichna Pravda (Ukraine); Peru Economico (Peru); Al Jarida and Al Watan Daily (Kuwait); Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia); and Al Mal (United Arab Emirates).

Interview on "Learning from the Crisis" by the Brazilian magazine PiB: Brazilian Companies Go International, vol. 3, No. 7 (May-June 2009), pp. 22-25.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Watch out for the Rise of Protectionism in FDI", Financial Times, 14 March 2009, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Pondering FDI in Crisis: Investment could Drop or it Just might Rise", Shanghai Daily, 28 November 2008, p. A. 6, op. ed.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Emerging Markets' FDI Strikes Sensitive Nerve", Shanghai Daily, 23 October 2008, op. ed.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Fair Contracts for Poor Countries", published by the Project Syndicate on 29 February 2008, op. ed. Reprinted in: Le Monde (France) ; Les Echos (Mali); Standard Times (Sierra Leone); The Independent (Bangladesh); Modern Weekly (China); The Korea Times (Republic of Korea); The Edge (Malaysia); Daily Times (Pakistan); Business World (Philippines); Taipei Times (Taiwan Province of China); I Naftemporiki (Greece); The Malta Independent (Malta); Jornal De Negocios (Portugal); Reforma (Mexico); El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua); La Prensa (Panama); Al Tijaria (Bahrain); Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed (Iraq); Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia); Yemen Times (Yemen); and Diario Las Americas (USA).

Karl P. Sauvant, "Os novos garotos no pedaço", Valor Economico, 6 December 2007, p. A.15.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Chávez Strategy Points to Emerging Nation Rethink on Approach to FDI", Financial Times, 15 January 2007, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Without Investment, the Countries have Nothing to Trade", Financial Times, 15 December 2006, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "We Need to Think about Policy Implications of Integration", Financial Times, 14 June 2006, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Are Foreign Investors Still Welcome?", published by the Project Syndicate on 1 September 2006, op. ed. Reprinted in: Le Monde (France); Shanghai Daily (China); Bangkok Post (Thailand); Korea Herald (Republic of Korea); Taipei Times (Taiwan); Companion (Ukraine); Les Echos (Mali); Daily Times (Pakistan); Reforma and Valor (Brazil); The Edge Daily (Malaysia); Hong Kong Economic Journal (Hong Kong); Business Report (South Africa); Webdairy (Australia); Delo (Slovenia); La Opinion and Diario Las Americas (USA); Het Financieele Dagblad (The Netherlands); Altmotamar (Yemen); Business World (Philippines); AKI-Press (Kyrgyzstan); Belarusians and the Market (Belarus); L'Echo (Belgium); Respekt (Czech Republic); Aripaev (Estonia); Logos Press (Moldova); El Observador (Uruguay); and Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia).

Interview by Radio Economics, a podcast interview programme, concerning World Investment Prospects to 2010: Boom or Backlash? 5 September 2006.

Karl P. Sauvant, "We Need to Think about Policy Implications of Integration", Financial Times, 14 June 2006, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Outlook". Invited editorial in FDI (a Financial Times bi-monthly business publication), every two months between October/November 2002 and summer 2005.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Der ökonomische Gastkommentar: Call Center sind erst der Anfang. Beim Offshoring von Dienstleistungen steht die internationale Arbeitsteilung vor einer neuen Revolution", Handelsblatt (Germany), 28 October 2004, p. 7, op. ed.; also in World Trade (United States), under the title "The Win-Win-Win Challenge of Offshoring", December 2004, p. 10; La Tribune (France), under the title "Délocalisation: un jeu à somme positive", 13 December 2004; and The News Today (Bangladesh), under the title "Offshoring: A Win-Win-Win-Challenge", 20 December 2004.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Tout le monde doit gagner aux délocalisations", Le Monde, 28 September 2004, and The Financial Express (India), under the title "Offshoring: Why Calls for Protectionism Should be Resisted: History of a Useful Antidote to Worry", 8 October 2004.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Der ökonomische Gastkommentar: Die Unternehmen in den Entwicklungsländern unterliegen dem gleichen Globalisierungsdruck wie jene in den Industrieländern", Handelsblatt, 22 December 2003, op. ed.

Interview "FDI can Bring Important Benefits to Recipient Countries. Exchanges Internationaux s’entretient avec Karl P. Sauvant", Exchanges Internationaux (a publication of the International Chamber of Commerce), no. 66 (2003), pp. 25-27.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Linkages Can Help Develop a Vibrant Enterprise Sector", Financial Times, 20 September 2001, letter to the editor.

Karl P. Sauvant, "World’s Poorest Countries Can Attract more FDI", The Independent (Bangladesh), 15 May 2001, op. ed.

1999 and Before

Karl P. Sauvant, "How to Prime the FDI Engine", Global Finance, vol. 12 (1998), p. 34.

Made the "Opening Statement" at a press conference launching UNCTAD’s study on Sharing Asia’s Dynamism: Asian Direct Investment in the European Union, Bangkok, 27 February 1997.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Europe has the Pulling Power for Asian Investment", Asia Times, 15 July l996, op. ed.

"Progress of Globalization and the Role of FDI: An Interview with Mr. Karl Sauvant, UNCTAD Division on Investment", JOI (May 1995), pp. 3,17.

Karl P. Sauvant, "Institutionen des internationalen Systems: Die Institutionalisierung der internationalen Zusammenarbeit", a one-hour segment of a 30-part programme of the West German Radio System, 1986.

Interviewed by three journalists by the UN’s World Chronicle, a half-hour unedited televised interview programme of the UN about major global issues, in relation to FDI issues (e. g., "Role of Transnational Corporations in the New Europe" and "International Boom in Services Trade"), and based on the World Investment Report.

Various television and radio interviews, especially in connection with the launch of the World Investment Reports, including with BBC, Bloomberg, Central China TV, CNN, CNBC, Reuters, Deutsche Welle, Radio France Internationale, RAI, and Worldnet.

Various press conferences, especially in connection with the launch of the World Investment Reports, including at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.