EU and China impose tit-for-tat sanctions
EU had not sanctioned China since an arms embargo in 1989 after the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy crackdown
22 March 2021 - 18:56
Brussels — The EU imposed sanctions on Monday on four Chinese officials, including a top security director, for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, to which Beijing responded by blacklisting Europeans in a rare escalation of diplomatic tensions.
Unlike the US, the EU has sought to avoid confrontation with Beijing, but a decision to impose the first sanctions since an EU arms embargo in 1989 has inflamed tensions...
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