EU - no arms, not for all the tea in China

The EU is not for lifting the arms embargo with China, despite all the cash on offer. Doesn't money talk anymore ? There is talk of temporary arrangements that would allow a trial period of arms trading
more from the EU Observer ... The Chinese press know who is to blame though - the US for threatening to axe arms programs in the EU more from the Peoples Daily... With China becoming the EU's 2nd biggest trade partner some compromise is likely - like Chinese ratification of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights after arms are sold.