Brussels, 16/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 13 May, Commissioner Karel De Gucht met the European trade ministers to take stock of developments in the dossier on the new Community framework for investments, which will be based on a regulation currently being examined in co-decision between the Council and the European Parliament.
The EU's current legal framework governing foreign direct investment (FDI) consists of more than 1,200 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) between the EU27...