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It is naive to think that the EU Member States can build a wall around them to protect us from external economic threats. In the long run, free trade offers the most prospects for prosperity and world stability. Any attempt to protect our own economy would not bring any long-term solutions.
The report gives little consideration to the developments that China has undergone and overlooks the fact that any further development will inevitably give more attention to the position of minorities and the environment. Pressure from Europe and finger-wagging will only have the opposite effect.
The problems involving the textile imports are typical of the EU’s schizophrenic way of doing things. We first encourage free trade, only to introduce quotas later on that are unworkable for entrepreneurs. Moreover, it is unseemly to maintain the arms embargo and treat China in the same way as we do such rogue countries as North Korea and Iran. If Europe is serious about building sustainable trade relations with China, we will need to sit around the negotiating table as equal partners and set aside our self-importance."@en1
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