The following is a characteristic of international investment in recent years:

a) The total value of the international investment is less than the value of international trade in goods and services during the same year.
b) The international investment was much greater than the volume of international trade.
c) International portfolio investment has been severely limited by the lack of growth of bond and stock markets throughout the world.
d) Bank lending was by far the largest category of international capital flows.

International investments and international trade are related such that a) The total value of the international investment is less than the value of international trade in goods and services during the same year.

International investments:

Refers to investing in other countries
Can be done through foreign direct investment or foreign portfolio investment

Investing in another country is usually less than the value of international trade because it involves trying to own assets in another country which is not done by everyone.

International trade can be done by anyone which is why we can conclude that it has more volume than international investment.

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