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Foreign direct investment inflows have more than tripled over the past decade.

“If we really want to have an honest conversation about inflows and outflows and the dollars that California provides to Washington, let’s have a serious discussion. That’s not what’s happening here.”

A drop in inflows could shrink domestic savings and reduce investment in both financial and physical assets.

With the reservoirs at low levels and the inflows shrinking, he said, “we’re kind of on a knife’s edge between being OK and being in very scary, catastrophic situations.”

Vietnam is now enjoying substantial inflows of foreign investment, as it is considered an alternative to China for companies wanting to diversify their supply chains.