<u+2018>white smoke<u+2019> on eu-canada trade deal breakthrough politico 




eu-canada trade deal salvaged after belgian regions concede financial times. note the vote is today but everyone acts as if this is a done deal. the walloons weren<u+2019>t even given a real fig leaf: 




a provision allowing the european court of justice to provide an <u+201c>opinion<u+201d> on the legality of the these courts was seized on as a victory by anti-ceta campaigners, but officials briefed on the declaration said any such opinion would not be binding as there was nothing in the declaration to reopen the ceta pact. 




<u+201c>the treaty itself has not been touched, not a comma has been touched,<u+201d> mr michel told parliament.
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yves smith