Brussels, 20/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - The EU is currently preparing to lift the arms embargo on exports to China. This decision, according to the European Council in December 2004, is not expected to mean an increase in arms exports to the country. The annual EU 2004 report on arms exports illustrates that the value of export licences granted to Member States in 2003 practically doubled compared to 2002, from EUR 210 million to EUR 416 million. These figures were published in the Official...