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dollar diplomacy

  1. the policy of using the economic power or influence of a government to promote and protect in other countries the business interests of its private citizens, corporations, etc.
  2. the use of economic power by a country to further foreign policy goals

See dollar diplomacy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A policy aimed at furthering the interests of the United States abroad by encouraging the investment of U.S. capital in foreign countries.
  2. A policy intended to safeguard a nation's foreign investments.

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