Protectionism and anti-globalization tides have been rising already before the COVID-19 pandemic, with Brexit and the China-U.S. trade war, as two examples. A continued disruption to global trade, investment and value chains could worsen global development. Economic recovery will require restoring firms’ ability to trade, offshore and invest globally. To achieve this, it will be useful to understand the role of migration for foreign trade, investment and other aspects of internationalization. In this paper we review and discuss over 100 papers published about migrants’ roles on international trade, foreign direct investment and offshoring. Although the evidence suggests that migration facilitates trade and internationalization, we also note substantial gaps and inconsistencies in the existing literature. The aim of this paper is to encourage further research and assist policymakers in their efforts to promote economic recovery including internationalization.

在COVID-19大流行之前，贸易保护主义和反全球化浪潮一直在上升，英国脱欧和中美贸易战就是两个例子。全球贸易，投资和价值链的持续中断可能会使全球发展恶化。经济复苏将需要恢复公司在全球进行贸易，离岸和投资的能力。为了实现这一目标，了解移徙在外贸，投资和国际化其他方面的作用将是有益的。在本文中，我们回顾并讨论了100多篇关于移民在国际贸易，外国直接投资和离岸外包中的作用的论文。尽管有证据表明移民促进了贸易和国际化，但我们也注意到现有文献中存在巨大差距和矛盾之处。