Implications of the End of the EU’s Arms Embargo on China
By Rupert Hammond Chambers
17 Mar 2005
Over the next few months, the European Union is widely expected to eliminate the arms sales policy put in place after the Chinese government's violent 1989 crackdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. The policy is not legally binding and according to its own statistics the EU sold over US$540 million in arms to China in 2003 even under the embargo. Nevertheless, this change in the EU’s policies towards China illustrates an increasingly apparent divergence between the strategic interests of Europe and the United States.
17 Mar 2005
Over the next few months, the European Union is widely expected to eliminate the arms sales policy put in place after the Chinese government's violent 1989 crackdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. The policy is not legally binding and according to its own statistics the EU sold over US$540 million in arms to China in 2003 even under the embargo. Nevertheless, this change in the EU’s policies towards China illustrates an increasingly apparent divergence between the strategic interests of Europe and the United States.
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