Europe seeks to pressure China at EU-Asia meeting
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European foreign ministers will confront China over Kosovo, the Darfur conflict and its tacit support for Myanmar at a major EU-Asia meeting which began here Monday, diplomats said.
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Foreign ministers from the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet here Wednesday hoping to move towards a free trade deal between the regions.
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An Asia-Europe summit opened Friday overshadowed by the European Union&#39;s threat to slap fresh sanctions on one of the grouping&#39;s newest Asian membersâmilitary-ruled Burmaâif it fails
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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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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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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 reaffirmed that it is working to lift its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales to China, in a statement released after an EU-China summit.
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Despite US pleas, France and Germany want to end a European Union arms embargo of China. Fortunately, other nations in the EU are expected to nix the idea at a China-EU summit this week.
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The euro fell on Tuesday after more  European officials called for Asian economies, particularly  China, to take on a bigger share of the dollar's weakness and  let their currencies rise.
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Premier Wen Jiabao(front row, third from right) and other Asian and European leaders attend the Fifth Asia-Europe Meeting summit, which opened in Hanoi, Vietnam yesterday.
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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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European Union economic commissioner Joaquin Almunia warned that the undervaluation of China's currency was an economic headache for Europe.
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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 international rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday called on the European Union to resist China&#39;s call to end the EU embargo on arms sales to China.
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Europe pressed Asia on Sunday to   address concerns about worker rights abuses as it grows into an   economic powerhouse and said the region must take a bigger role   in tackling global climate change.
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China faces a backlash of &quot;impatience and anger&quot; if Beijing fails to take action to balance its increasingly lopsided trade relations with the European Union, EU trade chief Peter Mandelson warned Tuesday.
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HAMBURG, Germany  - EU foreign ministers urged Asian countries on Tuesday to join the fight against climate change after hearing China argue that protecting the environment had to be balanced by the right to develop.