The European Commission decided to ask the Member States for their agreement on a mandate to open negotiations on an investment agreement with China. This is the first ever proposal for a stand-alone investment agreement since foreign direct investment became the exclusive competence of the EU under the Lisbon Treaty” For more information see: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=900
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