The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been creating expectations and stirring fears ever since it was announced by EU Commission President Barroso and US President Obama in mid-2013. The promise to boost trans-Atlantic economic exchange in the world's largest free-trade area...

The aim of this paper is to discuss new trends that have occurred in the policies of the EU and China towards foreign direct investment (FDI), to examine some implications of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) - which is currently being negotiated - for their bilateral...