IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 512 
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the European Union’s plans 
to lift the embargo on arms sales to the People’s Republic of China. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the European 
Union’s plans to lift the embargo on arms sales to the 
People’s Republic of China. 
Whereas leaders of the European Union and the People’s Re-
public of China will meet in December 2004 in the 
Hague, the Netherlands, to discuss lifting the European 
Union’s embargo on arms sales to the People’s Republic 
of China; 
Whereas the European Union initiated a ban on arms sales 
to the People’s Republic of China after the 1989 
Tiananmen Square massacre;
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Whereas the ban has remained in force due to China’s contin-
ued violation of human rights; 
Whereas the ban displays the European Union’s ongoing dis-
satisfaction with the pace of political reform in China and 
the continued repression of dissent by China’s authori-
tarian government; 
Whereas 14 years after the 1989 prodemocracy demonstra-
tions in Tiananmen Square, many protesters still remain 
in prison and have not received a fair trial; 
Whereas according to the annual human rights reports of the 
United States Department of State and various inter-
national human rights organizations, the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China continues to commit 
human rights abuse against its own people; 
Whereas lifting the European Union embargo on arms sales 
to the People’s Republic of China will result in the in-
creased procurement of arms by the People’s Republic of 
China; 
Whereas the United States shares defense technology with 
the European Union in order to enhance the interoper-
ability between the two military powers; 
Whereas lifting the embargo will render it impossible to guar-
antee that the military technology that the United States 
shares with Europe will not be passed on to the People’s 
Republic of China; 
Whereas the Taiwan Strait is one of the flashpoints in the 
world, and a conflict in the region will involve United 
States forces; and 
Whereas the military balance between Taiwan and the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China continues to shift in favor of the 
People’s Republic of China, as documented in recent re-
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ports from the Pentagon and in the June 2004 report by 
the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commis-
sion: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the President should seek a commitment 
from the leaders of the European Union that the 
European Union will not lift its embargo on arms 
sales to the People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) the 2005 annual report by the Department 
of Defense on the military power of the People’s Re-
public of China required by section 1202 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) should include— 
(A) an analysis of the effect on United 
States interests in the Asia-Pacific region if the 
European Union lifts its embargo on arms sales 
to the People’s Republic of China; and 
(B) a review of the steps taken by the 
United States to address such action by the Eu-
ropean Union. 
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