EU not ready to lift China arms embargo
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The European Union decided on Wednesday to maintain its 15-year-old arms embargo on China, reports Reuters. &quot;The EU side confirmed its political will to continue to work towards lifting the embargo,&quot; the EU
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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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The European Union has assured Beijing it will not follow Turkey's lead by imposing quotas on textiles it imports from China, state media reported.
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THE European Union yesterday told China that it will work towards lifting its 15-year embargo on arms exports, even though agreement is being held up by a dispute
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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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Chinaâs human rights record does not warrant the lifting of a 15 year old EU arms embargo, said a senior US official. Gregory Suchan, US Deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs
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The European Union failed to agree on Monday to lift an arms embargo against China despite energetic French pressure, but ministers said a stronger code of conduct on arms exports could lead to a removal of the ban.
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PARIS  - France regards a European arms embargo on China as outdated and wants it lifted as soon as possible, President Jacques Chirac said in an interview ahead of his visit Friday to China.
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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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The EU told China on Wednesday it was  not yet ready to end its 15-year-old ban on selling it arms,  but suggested the embargo could be lifted in early 2005 despite  opposition from human rights groups and Washington.
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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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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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French President Jacques Chirac is calling for the lifting of the European Union&#39;s arms embargo against China, The Telegraph reported Monday.
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At a China- European Union summit meeting in Hague the European Union said that it was not yet ready to lift its arms ban on China imposed after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of students.
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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.
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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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Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will urge the European Union to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo and call on the continent to view China as a full market economy during an EU-China summit beginning Wednesday in the Hague.