Brussels; 15/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - The Competitiveness Council on 26 May is expected to reach a common position among member states on the subject of harmonising the framework for protecting trade secrets. A compromise on the European Commission's draft directive had already received the approval of European ambassadors on Wednesday 14 May (see EUROPE 10973). Once this position is confirmed, the general approach will form the basis of the European Parliament's negotiating brief (which...