Companies investing in the US are building their own workforce with training and apprenticeship programmes that can provide skills and a salary.

Speaking at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington, DC in March, US secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker and US secretary of state John Kerry, made a strong case to investors considering entering the US.

Speaking at the Select USA Investment Summit in Washington, DC, in March, representatives from Idaho stressed the state's investment potential, particularly in the food industry, citing the long list of investors that had located to the state in recent years. 

Speaking to attendees at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in March, US president Barack Obama outlined the US's investment attractiveness and revealed plans aimed at increasing investment into the country.

Following a February federal ruling, the Port of Cincinnati has expanded its geographic boundary, boosting its size and capacity. 

As political paralysis grips Washington, the US's private equity firms are enjoying their most active period in recent years.

After the US lifted several of its significant restrictions on Cuba, foreign investors have moved in on the country.

Interest groups, including US trade association, the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), and Washington, DC-based think tank, Brookings Institute, have reacted positively to the matters raised in the US president's annual speech.