President Warns Europe Not to Lift Embargo Against China; President Says Lifting Embargo Would Change the Balance of Relations Between China, Taiwan

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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - President Bush and European leaders settled simmering differences about Iraq but plunged into a troublesome new dispute Tuesday over the lifting of an arms embargo against China. Bush warned Congress might retaliate if Europe revokes the 15-year ban.

Bush said lifting the embargo, imposed after the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy activists, "would change the balance of relations between China and Taiwan and that's of concern." But French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said the ban should go. "It will happen," Schroeder said.

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President Warns Europe Not to Lift Embargo Against China; President Says Lifting Embargo Would Change the Balance of Relations Between China, Taiwan

The China quarrel was a jarring note on an otherwise upbeat day of reconciliation, handshakes and hope...

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