French minister defends EU plan to lift arms embargo on China

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Series Details 7.4.05
Publication Date 07/04/2005
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Article reports on comments by French Foreign Minister, Michel Barnier, who on 6 April 2005 rejected US criticisms of the European Union's plans to lift its arms embargo on China saying that 'warnings or threats' were not 'useful' at a time when both sides were trying to improve transatlantic relations.

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