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2004 - Page 1　News List  US warns EU over China embargo  BIG
BRAWL?Pentagon officials are unimpressed with the prospect of
the Chinese military killing Americans with weapons from Europe,
and will act to prevent it   The US is ready to hold back
military technology from Euro-pean allies over EU steps to
revoke its arms embargo on China, the Financial Times reported
yesterday.  The British financial daily quoted unnamed Pentagon
officials who said the US would likely withdraw government
backing for measures to improve military technology transfers to
European countries if the EU begins to sell arms to China.  At a
Brussels summit on Dec. 17, EU leaders declared their "political
will" to lift an arms embargo on China, possibly by next June,
while stressing that Beijing must respect human rights and
regional stability.  "This has the potential to be a big brawl,"
an anonymous senior Pentagon official involved in Chinese policy
told the Financial Times.