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Tim Ryan: “Constructive criticism. I appreciate that. We had a discussion about the Europeans wanting to lift the arms embargo on…”

On the recordApril 14, 2005
Constructive criticism. I appreciate that. We had a discussion about the Europeans wanting to lift the arms embargo on China, which has been the Europeans cannot sell all these different types of military arms to the Chinese. The ban has been on since Tiananmen Square in 1989. Now the Europeans are saying we want to sell to the Chinese. So here we have this huge country that is growing at a rapid rate, and now we have even some of our allies wanting to sell arms to a rapidly growing Chinese government.
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Tim Ryan
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