On Tuesday 22 May, a European source told EUROPE that the EU-Singapore investment agreement may not be signed or implemented before the end of the mandate of the current European Commission in autumn 2019, given that the member states "are reluctant to go ahead" in this process.
These countries prefer to wait for the European Court of Justice (CJEU) to deliver its opinion, as requested by Belgium, on the legality of the investment dispute arbitration system that is provided for in the...