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Here’s what happened about the EU-China agreement row: There are two processes for the deal looking forward: Step 1: Technical (legal scrubbing & translation into 27 official languages) Step 2: Political (Member states in Council adopts + European Parliament ratifies)
EU trade commissioner Dombrovskis told AFP that all Commission efforts on “political outreach” over the deal have been suspended. In other words, he’s not saying the technical preparation for the deal has been suspended. In other words, it’s pretty much empty political talk.
For now the Commission is trying to find the fine balance between keeping the deal alive and not pissing off angry lawmakers. Given Dombrovskis’ remarks today, if he one day says it’s time to start ratifying the deal- circumstances unchanged- it will amount to a political U-turn.
It’s useful to add that some quarters of the Parliament are already showing signs of readiness to get the deal ratified a few months down the road, hoping that their colleagues will see the value of the deal notwithstanding the inconvenient countersanctions. Hold your breath...
Here’s the message from Dombrovskis’ comms person. In short: The EU is still making the deal, but it’s not the right time to sell it.https://twitter.com/vanessamock/status/1389642463346892803 …
...I think this should tell everyone how serious the EU is about sticking up for #Uyghurs : not a lot. 
By suspending the CAI agreement now, it is possible that the EU May get a bigger piece of the pie down the road too.
don't make any deal with the CCP they never uphold their agreements.
...while demanding the other parties to uphold the agreements.
Well, when it comes to economic treaty ratification: Step 1 is laborious but trivial, while Step 2 is the essence of ratification. If work has stopped on preparing for 2, the deal's going nowhere.
An informative thread on #CAI with China. Thank you Stuart 
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