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"The EU wants better access to China."
So does everybody else, including the U.S.
And then, in the year 2020, there'll be war with them and no one will have any commercial access to them.
By then they'll have all the money so they won't need to trade with anyone.
Nothing will cool Europeans to the idea of the EU Constitution faster than having the US gov't endorse it. ;') "Hey, why is the US in favor of it? Isn't this something that's supposed to be disadvantageous to them?"US ambassador warns on China arms embargoThe US ambassador to the European Union has warned that the transatlantic dispute over the EU's proposed lifting of the China arms embargo could escalate into something "very very serious". In an interview with the EUobserver, Rockwell Schabel said, "We feel that it is the wrong thing to do and particularly now that this law has been passed", he said referring to a law passed by the National People's Congress of China authorising an invasion of Taiwan if the island seeks independence... "What you're going to get is the American Congress that is going to take a stand and say wait a minute, if the Europeans are selling arms in which we have potentially our technology, you're going to get companies that are not going to be able to sell their weapons to the Europeans anymore"... The ambassador also spoke out in favour of the European Constitution, which Brussels is hoping to see in place by late next year.
by Honor Mahony
March 18 2005
Fischer warns of US-China confrontation
18.04.2005 - 09:57 CET | By Lisbeth Kirk
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18874&print=1
German foreign minister Joschka Fischer has warned of a possible confrontation between the US and China. The aspiring world power should be held in check by a "policy of containment", the minister said in an interview with Handelsblatt.
EU ministers expected to postpone the lifting of China arms embargo
15.04.2005 - 09:58 CET | By Lucia Kubosova
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18863&print=1
Under growing pressure from the US, the European Parliament and several member states, EU foreign ministers are expected to affirm the China arms embargo would not be lifted this year.