China to seek end of arms embargo at Sino-EU summit
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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.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 7 (IPS) - The European Union must raise the issue of human  rights abuse in China when its leaders meet their Chinese  counterparts at a summit this week, say leading human rights  groups.
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The European Union says it is willing to work towards lifting the arms embargo on China, president of the European Council Jan Peter Balkenende has said.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Friday that talks to lift the European Union&#39;s 15-year arms embargo were making solid progress on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe meeting (ASEM).
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French President Jacques Chirac, who has urged an end to an EU arms embargo on China, called for closer defense cooperation between Paris and Beijing at a meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan, a ...
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing Tuesday afternoon for Hague, the Netherlands , to attend the Seventh China-EU Leaders' Meeting scheduled on Dec.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder arrives in China Monday to oversee a raft of deals, including an expected order by Beijing for Airbus jets, and to discuss the EU arms embargo against the communist country.
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BEIJING, Jan 21 (IPS) - The new Chinese leadership is set to get a major  boost to its legitimacy and military ambitions as British Foreign  Secretary Jack Straw confirms in Beijing that the European Union  is ready to lift its 15-year-old ban on arms sales to China.
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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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China is ratcheting up pressure for the lifting of its EU arms embargo to remove the stigma of sanctions but also because it needs the technology to upgrade its existing systems, analysts say.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw starts talks in Beijing amid controversy on plans to lift the EU arms embargo on China.
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The EU is set to give a "positive signal" to China at a summit with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao over his call to lift a 15-year-old EU arms embargo, but no immediate decision is expected.
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French President Jacques Chirac, who has urged an end to an EU arms embargo on China, yesterday called for closer defense coopera-tion between Paris and Beijing at a meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Cao ...
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China urged the European Union yesterday to end &quot;political discrimination&quot; and resume its arms trade, but failed to secure a clear commitment on the timing of such a move.
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The European Union urged China to strengthen human rights as the EU considers ending a 15-year-old arms embargo that denies weapons makers such as BAE Systems Plc access to the growing Chinese market.
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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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BusinessWeek Online - When it comes to the balance of power in East Asia, American strategic planners have had one particular nightmare: If the Chinese military could acquire sophisticated defense hardware and military systems from the European Union, Beijing could get a substantial assist in a possible confrontation with Taiwan. So last December, when European leaders announced they would seek to end a 15-year ban on weapons sales to China, Washington was quick to voice its displeasure. Pentagon officials talked darkly about restricting European access to sensitive U.S. ...