The EU Arms Embargo on China: A Swedish Perspective
Publish date: 2009-11-24
Report number: FOI-R--2852--SE
Pages: 57
Written in: Swedish
Keywords:
- China
- Sweden
- EC
- sanctions
- human rights
- arms trade
- export controls
Abstract
This report highlights the background of the EU arms embargo on China; how the issue of the design and the possible lifting of the embargo have been handled in Brussels; and in what respect political interpretations and economic interests have influenced exports of military equipment to china from the EU member states.