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Britain backs end to EU’s China arms ban
Britain is likely to back anticipated moves by some European Union nations to end a 15-year-long ban on arms sales to China. However any moves would most likely come to nothing as the United States would oppose the move and could even block European nations which sell arms to China from having access to US military technology. London understood this position but was still keen to make the move as ministers believe a new EU code of conduct on arms sales would stop weapons being used by China for "external aggression or internal repression", it added
The magnitude of the self-deception represented by this is truly staggering. Although greed is a strong motivator, it’s not strong enough to account for this.
Posted by: RWV 2004-05-31
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=34365