自1991年开始,主要工业化国家经济出现了不同程度的衰退,国际直接投资大国美国、德国、日本和法国的对外直接投资发生逆转,海外投资下降。1991年,日本大藏省接受的日本海外投资申报额为416亿美元,比1990年减少27%。法国1986—1990年间海外投资的年增长率达30%,但1991年却比前一年减少26%,只达1086亿法郎。北欧大国瑞典1992年上半年对外投资也大幅下 Since 1991, the economies of the major industrialized countries have experienced various degrees of recession. The outward direct investment of the major international direct investment powers, the United States, Germany, Japan and France, has been reversed, with overseas investment declining. In 1991, Japan’s overseas investment accepted by Japan’s Ministry of Finance for a total of 41.6 billion U.S. dollars was 27% less than in 1990. France’s foreign investment grew by 30% annually between 1986 and 1990, but it was down 26% from 1991 to only 108.6 billion francs. In the first half of 1992, the Nordic powers Sweden also made a sharp drop in its foreign investment