Escalating EU-China tensions could jeopardize new investment deal

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The European Union imposed sanctions against China for human rights abuses in Xinjiang — Beijing swiftly retaliated with a blacklist of its own.

S&D is the second-largest political grouping in the European Parliament, with 145 MEPs.Reinhard Bütikofer, a German MEP, said in a Twitter post that ratification of the EU-China deal "is not becoming more probable" after Beijing imposed sanctions to "punish" free speech.

Bütikofer is a lawmaker from the Greens/European Free Alliance group and chair of the European Parliament's China delegation. Meanwhile, Slovakian MEP Miriam Lexmann from the center-right European People's Party group said in a tweet that China's actions "will make clear that it is not interested in being a partner but rather a systematic rival that undermines fundamental values and principles."

The European Parliament is set to vote on the EU-China investment deal in early 2022, said S&D. Negotiations took seven years and the deal, if ratified, would allow European investors "unprecedented access" to the Chinese market,

 

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Sounds like all the more reason to escalate then, init?

china is the new Nazi

That's actually good for China, no more concession. The deal benefits more to EU than to China.

I think if the deal falls, the loser is the CCP not EU.

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Great news. Can’t reward the regime with the deal while they take no responsibility on UyghurGenocide and Hong Kong suppression. Time to pay the price.

Greedy western hypocrites can’t say no to profits. Meanwhile, wanted to keep pretending to be superior.

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Are Xinjiang people asked EU to do something for them? I think what they want is just having a better life and don't care about the so called human rights.

Better to stop now before getting into trouble after the deal is signed

That is US counter move against Merkel and Macron. Not bad. New Cold War started with Alaska US China Alaska meeting. US and the west against China and Russia. Embrace yourself. Nuclear war is not out of question.

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AKA China might think about pulling their predatory loans?

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