EU will not lift China arms ban
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The European Union is not ready to lift its arms embargo on China, according to a senior EU minister. Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, which holds the EU&#39;s rotating presidency, made the comment at the start of EU-China talks.
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China&#39;s demand that Europe lift its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales will receive a sympathetic hearing at today&#39;s EU-China summit in The Hague, despite fierce opposition from an unlikely alliance of human rights groups and the Bush administration.
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The European Union today told China it will maintain its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales until Beijing makes significant improvements in its human rights record.
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The European Union says it is not yet ready to lift a 15-year-old ban on selling arms to China, but is working toward that goal. The arms embargo dominated a one-day EU-China summit in the Netherlands that
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder wants to lift the European Union's weapons embargo against Beijing.
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French President Jacques Chirac is calling for the lifting of the European Union's arms embargo against China, The Telegraph reported Monday.
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China&#39;s recent flurry of diplomatic activity with European nations to lift the arms embargo in place since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is the latest attempt by the country
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French President Jacques Chirac on Saturday called for an end to a European Union arms embargo on China as companies from both nations signed contracts worth more than &#36;1 billion during a high profile visit meant to strengthen commercial ties.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan  - Taiwan is getting jittery about a new push within the European Union to lift a 15-year Embargo on weapons sales to China - the communist giant that's been threatening to attack this tiny democratic island.
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Britain has switched sides and thrown its support behind a European Union plan to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo against China, a move that threatens to trigger a rift in Britain's "special relationship" with ...
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The United States, which sees China as a long-term strategic rival, has lobbied the EU against lifting the ban, citing a potential threat to Taiwan and to US interests in Asia.
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The EU ban on arms exports to China could be lifted this year despite US objections, Jack Straw says.
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The international rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday called on the European Union to resist China&#39;s call to end the EU embargo on arms sales to China.
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China will not reassess its crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests, a day after Zhao Ziyang's death.
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France regards a European arms embargo on China as outdated and wants it lifted as soon as possible, President Jacques Chirac said in an interview ahead of his visit Friday to China.
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The European Union and China agreed to boost relations yesterday, but the EU made clear there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old
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Japan has voiced opposition to the European Union's likely lifting of an embargo on arms sales to China, saying the move raises serious concerns over peace and security in East Asia.