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>Xi meeting with EU Deep State… what's going on?
Why is Xi meeting with EU Deep State?
Macron invited Xi, Merkel, and Junker to a meeting on 26 March.
This might have to do with possibility of EU planning to deal with a "Maximum Brexit":
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21 March - EU member states allow small Brexit decision extension
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26 March - Meeting between Macron, Xi, Junker, Merkel
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29 March - Former due date for Brexit agreement
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12 April - Date for Maximum/Hard Brexit (if UK Parliament rejects May's exit plan a third time)
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22 May - Date for Brexit if UK accepts May's revamped exit plan.
Sauce:
E.U. Approves Brexit Extension, but Chaotic Departure Still Looms: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/world/europe/brexit-extension-eu-uk.html
France's Macron to host Xi, Merkel and Junker at March 26 meeting: France's Macron to host Xi, Merkel and Junker at March 26 meeting
All interesting in light of potential EU losses according to previous notable (#7464):
> >>5834792 EU to lose £500bn and UK to gain £640bn in no-deal Brexit (Telegraph)