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"phil hunt" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:11:12 -0000, Keith Willshaw wrote: In fact there is no prospect of the ban being lifted anytime soon. While the French Government and some corporate bodies have pressed for it And the German govmt. Cite please. the EU itself has stated that it has no plans to lift the embargo and even if it did has stated that other agreements controlling the arms trade would prevent such deliveries taking place. That's a relevant point. In fact the main suppliers of high tech weaponry to China have been Israel and Russia and even the USA supplied dual use technology supposedly for satellite launching that is believed to have been used in the Chinese missile program. It seems to me that if Israel can supply China with missiles and other technology, there should be no problems for Europe doing so, since Israeli military tech is roughly on a level with European. The EU views supplying arms to China as a bad idea however as does the USA since it was US pressure that stopped the development of an AWACS type system for China by Israeli companies. Keith |
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