Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently said:

“China has more freedom to invest in Australia, indeed all foreigners have more freedom to invest in Australia, than almost any other country.”

But is this true? We asked two experts to discuss the evidence for and against this statement.

Gennadi Kazakevitch argues Turnbull is right given Australia’s ranking as a free and open market, while Jeffrey Wilson presents evidence to show Australia’s foreign investment regime has become much more closed in recent years.