China urges Portuguese PM to push EU cooperation pact
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged his visiting Portuguese counterpart to help push forward a new treaty which will form the basis of Beijing's relations with Europe.
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Officials of the European Union and the South America's Mercosur trade bloc will meet in Lisbon on Oct. 20 in a last-ditch effort to save stalled talks on a free-trade agreement ahead of a deadline at the end of the month, Brazil's foreign minister said Saturday.
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China and Singapore on Monday urged the international community to help calm Beijing&#39;s dispute with Taiwan over its push for independence.
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China called on Iran on Tuesday to step up its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, as world powers raise pressure on Tehran to curtail its nuclear program.
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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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THE HAGUE -- 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 arms embargo until Beijing improves its human rights record.
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China and the European Union, meeting yesterday in the Hague, pledged to boost relations while signing more than a dozen cooperation agreements.
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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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Officials at the upcoming Seventh China-EU Leaders&#39; Meeting in the Hague will sign some important cooperative agreements, including those on China-EU science and technology cooperation
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Portugal, which took over the European Union presidency on Sunday, is trying to put off a potentially explosive debate on whether Turkey should be admitted to the bloc.
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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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The leaders of Italy, France and Spain sent a letter to the European Union on Monday, urging the bloc to approve measures to help them cope with the flood of illegal migrants from Africa.
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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 called on Iran on Tuesday to step up its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, as world powers raise pressure on Tehran to curtain its nuclear program.
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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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Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi said in Rome Friday that his country is willing to broaden cooperation with China in all fields and that his visit to China will push forward the bilateral friendly ...
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"Basically Poland got what it wanted"  European Union leaders endorsed a reform treaty Friday to replace their failed European constitution and give the 27-nation union a more influential say in world affairs, diplomats said.The new treaty will take effect in 2009 if it passes national parliamentary votes and referendums.'With this new treaty, Europe has overcome an impasse that lasted for several years,' said Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, who hosted the EU summit.'Europe has emerged stronger from this summit, stronger to face global issues, stronger to take its role in the world and also to increase confidence in our economy and in our citizens,' he told reporters. Read more