Asean focus returns to longer-term aims

Article Abstract:

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is concentrating more on its longer-term goals of integration and closer relations with South Korea, Japan, and China. Asean nations are recovering from the SARS disease outbreak.

South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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EU says it won't scale back ties with China

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In spite of continental China's hawkish stance in respect to the recent election of a pro-independence President in Taiwan, the European Union has no plans to sever its diplomatic links with Beijing.

European Union, Politics NEC, Statistical Data Included, Forecasts and trends, Brief Article, Political aspects, Elections, Politics

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EU arms embargo on China likely to be lifted

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United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced that the European Union arms sanction imposed on China after Tiananmen Square (1989) will likely be lifted within the next six months.

Europe, Administration of General Economic Programs, Foreign trade, Trade Bans & Embargos, Economic aspects, International trade, European Union, Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989, Embargoes

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