EU raids on a Chinese security equipment supplier and a new probe into China’s medical market have become the latest flashpoints in tensions between Brussels and Beijing, while the US Congress has approved a ban on TikTok,
The European Union is set to investigate whether China is unfairly limiting and depriving certain companies in Europe access to the Chinese medical market.
China criticized the European Union’s decision to launch a probe into market access for medical-device makers, saying the move is an attempt to suppress Chinese companies.
The European Commission launched an investigation on Wednesday into Chinese public procurement of medical devices, in the latest move to try to protect European Union producers from what it says could be unfair competition.
The European Commission has launched a probe to examine how China favours its domestic companies in tenders for medical devices and weigh possible tit-for-tat measures.
The European Union on Wednesday announced a probe into China's medical devices market, prompting an immediate accusation from Beijing that the bloc was engaging in "protectionism".