1989年外国在美国的直接投资比1988年有所下降。从1988年的726.92亿美元,降为1989年的645.65亿美元,其中558.22亿美元投向现有企业,其余87.43亿美元用以建立新企业。1989年的外国投资主要来自英国和日本。其中英国为219.68亿美 Foreign direct investment in the United States in 1989 dropped from that in 1988. From 72.692 billion U.S. dollars in 1988 to 64.565 billion U.S. dollars in 1989, of which 55.822 billion U.S. dollars was invested in existing enterprises and the remaining 8.74 billion U.S. dollars was spent in setting up new businesses. Foreign investment in 1989 mainly came from Britain and Japan. Among them, the United Kingdom was 21,968 million U.S. dollars