UPSTATE SC REGIONAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PLAN
The Upstate region of South Carolina has a rich history of attracting foreign companies whose success in the region has stimulated higher wages, advanced technologies, and increased exports. Local stakeholders are working together to increase the global competitiveness of the region in the changing global economy. A continuation of the region’s participation in the Global Cities Initiative, this regional plan for foreign direct investment (FDI) adds to the strategies laid out within the Upstate SC Regional Export Plan that launched in early 2015. The strategic initiatives included in the Upstate SC
Regional Foreign Direct Investment Plan are a complimentary expansion and extension of the efforts already under way as laid out in the previous export plan. Both plans are designed to work in tandem to increase the region’s global competitiveness.