Word: embargoing
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...Bush listened as Chirac explained why lifting the arms embargo on China was a good idea; he listened as German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder argued that the U.S. must be more engaged in trying to convince Iran to drop its nuclear program; and he listened as Russian President Vladimir Putin batted back concerns about creeping autocracy in the Kremlin. Bush came to Europe, heard the views, but was he conquered by the arguments...
...they say, wants to put the emphasis on diplomacy. In private, though, senior officials traveling with the President made it clear that the U.S. position had not changed on the most contentious issues: America, for instance, remains staunchly opposed to the E.U.'s move to lift the China arms embargo. And Bush is unlikely to soften his position on negotiating with Iran over the country's nuclear program, though his message on this point was mixed. Asked about U.S. intentions toward Iran, Bush replied: "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous...
...Putin alone in shrugging off U.S. calls to abandon trade deals that threaten Washington's strategic interests. The European Union is going ahead with its plans to lift the arms embargo imposed on China after Tiananmen Square, despite urgings by the Bush administration to avoid selling weapons to Beijing...
...forged around the U.S. China has not only begun to displace the U.S. as the dominant player in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization (APEC), it is fast emerging as the major trading partner to some of Latin America's largest economies. The European decision to lift its arms embargo may reflect an awareness of the strategic significance of Beijing's emergence as an economic power - a dynamic that will dwarf the U.S. war with al-Qaeda in terms of its impact on the global strategic balance. And as China emerges alongside other new players such as India and Brazil...
...SUPPORT LIFTING THE ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA? It was a justified reaction to the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Now there is a new government in place in China that has taken modest steps toward liberalization. For me that is certainly not enough. But still, first steps have been taken, and therefore I think the embargo is ready to be lifted. Germany has no intentions whatsoever of delivering weapons to China...