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Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU in the global perspective. You can subscribe here . /// EDITOR’s TAKE Brussels has asserted its autonomy from Washington, at least when it comes to its relations with Beijing. But some around town are questioning whether it has kept its credibility. In December, the EU and China concluded negotiations on the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), their first bilateral investment treaty, after seven years of negotiations. Brussels says that China had agreed to ‘solid provisions’ on labour rights, environment and climate and the crucial ban on forced transfer...
