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BackBased on the Treaty of Lisbon, foreign direct investments are now also coming under Common Commercial Policy. This means that the EU develops common principles for European direct investments in third countries. AK therefore calls for addressing aspects to support sustainable development of foreign direct investments in the substance of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and to transfer corporate accountability for the compliance with universal fundamental rights (human rights as well as core labour standards) to foreign investors.
The AK generally requests that the following socio-political core elements apply to European Investment Agreements and to foreign direct investments respectively. Thereby it also supports the contents of the Position Paper of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) submitted by Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht on 7th May 2010.
