CHINA The Council gives the Commission the green light to start negotiations on an EU-China investment agreement On 18 October the Ministers of the Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) adopted mandates that will allow the Commission to begin negotiations on investment agreements, one with China, the other with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries. An EU-China deal would be the first ever stand-alone investment agreement since foreign direct investment became a community competence under the Lisbon Treaty. It would streamline the existing bilateral investment protection agreements between China and 26 EU Member States into a single coherent text. trade.ec.europa.eu/eutn/redirect.htm?redirectU=trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=975&id=5914483&mode=U
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:55:25 +0000
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