EU to ban some China goods if concerns not heeded
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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.
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The European Union and China pledged to boost relations Wednesday, but the EU said there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales until Beijing improves its shaky human rights record.
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The European Union is not ready to lift its arms embargo on China, according to a senior EU minister.
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China should pay more attention to shoring up its product safety supervision network rather than apportioning blame for recent problems, a senior European Union official said on Wednesday.
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By Diao Ying  The Chinese Government is telling enterprises to prepare to meet the latest European Union regulations on chemical substances, another of many international standards that stifles China's manufacturing-heavy foreign trade.
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Beijing - China urged Europe yesterday to refrain from &quot;putting up barriers&quot; in a new set of EU trade priorities that would hit Chinese textiles.
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China's new restrictions on foreign  media raise concerns about its respect for trade rules as well  as human rights and freedom of expression, European Commission  President Jose Manuel Barroso said.
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Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The EUâs ban on arms sales to China will be the main topic at next week high-profile diplomatic talks between China and Europe.
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China has slammed European Union anti-dumping measures on imports of leather shoes as illegal and threatened retaliation, as Vietnam complained it will pay a high price in lost earnings and jobs.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (IPS) - Import of gemstones, timber and metal from Burma  have been banned by the European Union in protest against the  violent suppression of protests by Buddhist monks in Rangoon.
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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 has no plans to ban  imports of Chinese seafood despite a U.S. ban on shipments of  farm-raised catfish, shrimp and other seafood from the Asian  country, a spokesman for the EU&#39;s health chief said.
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THE HAGUE The European Union said Wednesday that it was not yet ready to lift its 15-year arms embargo on China amid concerns about human rights, but held out the prospect that the ban could be eased early next year.
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The European Union threatens to impose sanctions on some US imports unless Washington repeals its anti-dumping law.
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At an EU-China Summit on Wednesday, the EU said now was not the time to lift its arms embargo on China. However, EU leaders held out the prospect of ending the ban perhaps next year, despite opposition from the US.
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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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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.