The European Parliament plans to vote on a resolution Thursday to formally freeze the Europe-China Investment Agreement in response to Communist China’s sanctions against EU members, according to U.S. media outlet Politico. (Fang Dehao reports)
Citing a draft document, the report said the motion to freeze the Europe-China Investment Agreement is expected to pass on Thursday. The Politico report said the resolution stresses that the Chinese Communist Party must lift sanctions for the agreement to move forward, that negotiations on the EU-China Investment Agreement took seven years and that the motion also urges the EU to strengthen its cooperation with the United States.
The Politico asked questions of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday for a response, but no response has been forthcoming.
The Europe-China Investment Agreement took a turn for the worse in March. At the time, the Chinese government was accused of human rights violations in the Xinjiang region and was sanctioned by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, and the Chinese government announced retaliatory “counter-sanctions. The Chinese Communist Party said at the time that it would punish 10 individuals and four entities in the EU, saying the sanctions “undermine China’s sovereignty and interests.
“It has been clear since the Chinese Communist Party imposed mega-sanctions on European parliamentarians; the European Parliament’s action will just put a label on things,” said Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. “The European China Investment Agreement took seven years to negotiate. Unfortunately, it may take another seven years to be ratified.”
The Communist Party of China has been criticized by Western governments for its policy toward the Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, as well as for its treatment of other ethnic minorities. A U.N. panel of experts said in 2019 that an estimated 1 million people had been sent to anti-terrorist detention centers in Xinjiang, and the U.S. accused the CCP of a series of policies of crimes against humanity that amount to genocide in severity.
The Chinese Communist Party denies the allegations, saying it is fighting terrorism.
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