direct investment
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
“direct investment” means the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, by one person of 10 per centum or more of the voting securities of an incorporated business enterprise or an equivalent interest in an unincorporated business enterprise; and
Source
- 1994–present22 U.S.C. § 3102Foreign Relations and Intercourse · Definitions · as used in this chapter
the terms “foreign”, “direct investment”, “international investment”, “United States”, “business enterprise”, “foreign person”, and “United States person” have the meanings given those terms in section 3102 of this title; and
Source
- 1994–present22 U.S.C. § 3146Foreign Relations and Intercourse · Definitions · in this section