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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9835

7 February 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/china
EP calls on China to open its markets and respect intellectual property rights

Brussels, 06/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Thursday 5 February, the European Parliament called on China to further open up its goods and services markets, and implement binding clauses on human rights, the environment, sustainable development and social issues. Since 2006, Europe has been China's largest trading partner, and, since 2007, China has been the EU's second largest trading partner.

With the adoption (by 491 votes to 76, with 12 abstentions) of the report by Corien...

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