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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (1776)	12/7/2003 11:04:56 PM
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Germany's Schroeder says atomic export to China unstoppable BERLIN : German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said there is no stopping a bitterly disputed plan to sell nuclear power technology to China, after crisis talks with his foreign minister. Schroeder, whose is facing mounting dissent in his ruling coalition over the 50-million-euro (61-million-dollar) deal, told ZDF public television that German electronic giant Siemens had a legal right to export the atomic energy facility as long as it would not be used for military purposes. Advertisement "People in the government have long known that we must recognize this legal right," Schroeder said. "There is no political decision to be made." The interview followed Schroeder's huddle with Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, the strongest voice of the ecologist Greens, junior partners in the ruling coalition, to quiet the controversy. Fischer acknowledged earlier this week that sometimes "bitter decisions" have to be made on foreign trade. Sources said Fischer, who is also vice-chancellor, accepted Schroeder's position on the deal at their meeting. Schroeder noted in the interview that China had already guaranteed that the plant would only be for civilian use, dismissing concerns the facility could be used to help produce weapons-grade plutonium. channelnewsasia.com