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  • The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly Thursday to refuse any consideration of the EU-China investment deal as long as Chinese sanctions against MEPs and scholars were in place. According to the resolution, the parliament, which must ratify the deal, "demands that China lift the sanctions before Parliament can deal with the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment". In a vote that passed 599 votes in favour, with 30 against and 58 abstentions, the MEPs also warned that the lifting of the sanctions would not in itself ensure the deal's ratification. To the surprise of many, the European Union and China in late December approved a major investment pact, wrapping up seven years of painstaking negotiations thanks to a final push by Germany. Defenders of the pact see it as a much needed opening of China's long-closed economy for European companies, but it is sure to face a difficult ratification amongst the 27 member states as well as the European Parliament. Ties between the EU and China are at a low point after an angry exchange of tit-for-tat sanctions over human rights concerns. The EU sanctioned four Chinese officials in March over suspected human rights violations in China's far western region of Xinjiang. China responded by imposing its own sanctions against European politicians, scholars and research groups. "The EU cannot both take the high moral ground and nonetheless go ahead with this deal when EU entities and elected MEPs and MPs are under sanctions solely for defending human rights," Belgian MEP Hilde Vautmans said. "As long as the Chinese retaliatory sanctions are in place, we must freeze the EU-China CAI," she added. arp/dc/wai
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  • EU parliament blocks China investment deal over sanctions
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