Let's go around this again, since we're getting a bit carried away
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Draft is a copy of CETA, and its main function is the amendment element at the end: enlargement might require adjustments to FTA
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My OP was about the requirement to tell the UK about future accessions to the UK and 'take account' of UK concerns
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That's legally fine (it's in CETA, so, yeah), but it's a really poor optic for the politics (as seen by the response to my OP)
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Of course, you might argue that's exactly why it's kept in: so UK can wave it around and claim a win
but...
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but...
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'take account' means, well, not very much at all
it's not an obligation to make adjustments, and doesn't result in anything more than a letter from the EU saying they've taking UK concerns into account (somehow)
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it's not an obligation to make adjustments, and doesn't result in anything more than a letter from the EU saying they've taking UK concerns into account (somehow)
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so:
this probably reinforces your pre-existing view of all parties involved
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this probably reinforces your pre-existing view of all parties involved
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