“EU patents predict green recovery”

CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2014 Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies, that will be held in Braga and Coimbra (Portugal), 22-26 july. DEADLINE 16 DECEMBER 2013 http://www.eacs2014.pt/call-for-papers

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