Despite a strong economy, the US has announced tariffs on aluminium imports from Canada, Mexico and the EU, to the consternation of these countries and the bemusement of observers. Gregg Wassmansdorf ponders the consequences.

Chris Cardona, Malta's minister for the economy, investment and small business, tells Sebastian Shehadi that the small country can think big thanks to its human resources, favourable location and English language skills. 

Dimitri Kumsishvili, deputy prime minister and minister of economy of Georgia, tells Sebastian Shehadi how the country transformed into an open and global economy that boasts a booming tourism industry and vast, but largely untapped, hydro-power resources.

A look at Germany’s recent outward investment history shows China is the preferred destination. 

Mayor of Bonn Ashok Sridharan tells Sebastian Shehadi about the city’s thriving IT sector, its internationalism and its foreign investment needs. 

Foreign investors often focus on capital cities, missing out on smaller, up-and-coming locations such as Malmo. Sebastian Shehadi examines the reborn city’s unique selling points and opportunities.

House prices have tumbled in Sweden's red-hot real estate market, and a shortage of affordable housing and offices means foreign investment opportunities abound. Sebastian Shehadi reports.

Helsinki’s tech-savvy workers are leading a revolution in the city’s office space market, as Jason Mitchell reports.

Long a forbidding location for overseas investors, Oslo’s real estate market has witnessed a flood of foreign interest – but can it last? Sebastian Shehadi reports.