On 20 November the Council of the European Union announced that political agreement has been reached on an EU framework for screening of investments. The Presidency on that date reached a provisional agreement with European Parliament representatives on an EU framework for screening foreign direct investments (FDIs).

More information:

• Announcement of 20 November 2018 (pdf version).
• Screening of FDIs on this blog.
• Europese Unie versterkt controle op investeringen uit China, FD 21 November 2018