EU would be wrong to sell armsto China
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At their meeting in Luxemburg on Oct. 11-12, the EU foreign ministers decided to maintain -- for the time being -- the EU arms embargo against China.
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Trade, apart from peace and prosperity, is always held up as the great EU success story. If only the EU could get its act together in other areas, such as foreign affairs, it would be a global power, the argument runs.
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The European Union yesterday refused a Franco-German request to lift its arms embargo on China amid fierce disagreements over the country&#39;s human rights record and military ambitions.
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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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Europeâs leaders were urged today to continue a ban on arms sales to China in protest against torture and human rights abuses. The call came on the eve of an
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The European Union&#39;s arms embargo against China was the focus of nearly all the attention at Wednesday&#39;s political summit in The Hague between the EU and China.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot reiterated that the European Union is not yet ready to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo on China, but said he hopes the ban can be ended next year.
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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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BRUSSELS, Sep 30 (IPS) - Loopholes in EU arms controls are allowing weapons  exports to countries that abuse human rights, a coalition of  independent groups says.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has said, just before the start of a summit with Chinese leaders. &quot;We are working assiduously but...the time is not right to lift the embargo,&quot; Bot told reporters. The. lifting
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Beijing has strongly rejected accusations of its blocking of a commercial deal for up to 1.4 billion dollars worth of Airbus planes due to the European Union's refusal to lift an arms embargo on China.
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The European Union and China agreed to boost relations Wednesday, but the EU made clear there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old arms embargo until Beijing improves 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
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Japan is opposed to the lifting of the European Union's arms embargo against China, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Thursday after discussing the hotly debated topic with British Foreign Secretary ...
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says lifting an EU arms embargo on China could send "the wrong signal".
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BRUSSELS The United States could restrict transfers of sensitive defense technology to European Union countries if EU members support a French effort to end the bloc&#39;s 15-year arms embargo on China, a senior State Department official said Thursday.
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The European Union will ban imports of some types of Chinese consumer goods unless the country responds to EU concerns about health and safety standards, the bloc's consumer protection chief said.