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Today, the European Union and Ecuador launched negotiations for a Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (SIFA).

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The European Commission and EU Member States are continuing to cooperate on screening investments from third countries to assess any likely threats to EU security or public order, shows a Commission report published today.

Today, interinstitutional negotiations on improving the EU’s framework for screening of foreign direct investment (FDI) began in Strasbourg.

The Commission has today published a Recommendation calling on EU Member States to review outbound investments of their companies into non-EU countries. The Recommendation applies to three technology areas of strategic importance.

EU Member States and the Commission are strengthening their cooperation on identifying and addressing investments from third countries that threaten EU security or public order, according to a Commission report published today.

Today, the EU-Angola Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (SIFA) has entered into force. This is the first-ever EU agreement on investment facilitation. It aims to stimulate foreign investments needed to achieve sustainable development goals.

Today, the European Commission’s trade department (DG Trade) has published a summary of responses received to the targeted consultation on the White Paper on Outbound Investments, alongside the actual responses received.

In the context of Russia’s ongoing unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU’s decision to deny the ECT’s protection to investments and investors from Russia and Belarus pre-emptively nullifies a potential way to challenge EU sanctions.