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trade deals under the Common Commercial Policy also are under QMV: this is the entire point of the EU being delegated responsibility for trade CETA is a mixed
by blibble 9y ago
trade deals under the Common Commercial Policy also are under QMV: this is the entire point of the EU being delegated responsibility for trade
CETA is a mixed agreement: 99% of it is covered under the CCP and went into effect before it had even been voted on by most national parliaments
you can confirm for yourself from the EU's own website on CETA (http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ceta/index_en.htm):
On 21 September 2017 CETA entered into force provisionally. As such most of the agreement now applies.
National parliaments in EU countries – and in some cases regional ones too – will then need to approve CETA before it can take full effect.
"full effect" refers to the remaining 1%, which requires unanimity -- and the 99% can go into effect even if the 1% is rejected
- the_mitsuhiko 9y agoYou are correct that basic trade agreements do not require parliamentary approval. The assumption however here would be that the UK wants more than that the EU can just hand out itself.
- blibble 9y agoso, what I described above: another mixed agreement, where 99% doesn't require unanimity