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EU threatens to freeze huge investment deal with China Sign In SAMUEL PETREQUIN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament warned China on Thursday it won't ratify a long-awaited business investment deal as long as sanctions against European Union legislators remain in place. EU lawmakers adopted a resolution in which they condemned “the baseless and arbitrary sanctions" imposed by Beijing on European individuals and institutions in March. The European Parliament’s criticism was echoed by European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, who sai...

China imposed its sanctions after the EU sanctioned Chinese officials over human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region.

EU Won't Proceed With Chinese Trade Deal Unless China Lifts Sanctions On 5/20/21 at 2:12 PM EDT The European Union will not proceed with a trade deal with China unless the country lifts its sanctions on EU legislators, the European Parliament said Thursday. The EU's ratification of the multibillion-dollar investment deal with China will likely be delayed. Chinese sanctions on EU legislators were placed after the EU, Britain, Canada and the U.S. coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials amid concerns about human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region. China's EU sanctions are "an attack on...

Monday 29 March 2021 The International Bar Association (IBA) joins the international community in solidarity with those against whom China’s government has levied asset and visa sanctions. Widely regarded as retaliatory measures by the Chinese authorities, individuals, institutions and organisations, that have been critical of the alleged ill-treatment of Uighur Muslims in the Northern province of Xianjiang in China, have been targeted by China’s government. The imposed restrictions prevent travel to China, freeze assets and ban Chinese citizens and institutions from doing business wit...

John Thys/AP European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The EU put sanctions in place against China, which retaliated with its own sanctions. But the fate of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), which was agreed in principle in December, has been in the balance as relationships have deteriorated. The EU, US, Canada and Britain sanctioned four Chinese officials in March. China retaliated by sanctioning a host of MPs including five members of the European Parliament. Early on Wednesday morning Australian time, Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told Agence France-Pre...