Answer:
The top five recipient countries of FDI from the US are:
- The Netherlands - 866.33 billion dollars
- United Kingdom - 757.78 billion dollars
- Luxembourg - 713.83 billion dollars
- Ireland - 442.17 billion dollars
- Canada - 401.87 billion dollars
Those countries attract FDI from the US either because of low taxes, including low corporate taxes (The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland), or for very close relationships at all levels: cultural, commercial, geographical, and so on (Canada, and the United Kingdom).
From a resource perspective, only Canada is particularly resource-rich, it has large quantities of natural gas, oil, and metals.
The other four countries are not resource-rich, instead, they have institutions that protect property rights, that promote investment, and that do not charge very high taxes.
