China retaliates against EU with a ban on European medical devices

BANGKOK – China said Sunday that European aesculapian instrumentality companies volition beryllium barred from selling to the Chinese authorities arsenic a countermeasure for the European Union's restrictions connected the merchantability of akin products from China.

European companies volition beryllium excluded if the fund for procurement is supra 45 cardinal yuan ($6.28 million), according to a announcement from the Finance Ministry connected Sunday with the restrictions successful spot the aforesaid day. The determination volition not use to European companies that person invested successful China and that manufacture goods successful the country.

China connected Friday imposed anti-dumping duties connected European brandy, astir notably cognac produced successful France. While the duties connected brandy see respective exceptions for large brandy producers, China and the EU person aggregate commercialized disputes crossed a scope of industries. China protested aft galore European countries levied duties connected EVs made successful China. Since then, China has besides launched investigations into European pork and dairy products.

In June, the EU announced that Chinese companies were to beryllium excluded from immoderate authorities purchases of much than 5 cardinal euros ($5.89 million). The measurement seeks to incentivise China to cease its favoritism against EU firms, the EU said, accusing China of erecting "significant and recurring ineligible and administrative barriers to its procurement market.”

In response, China has said it had “no prime but to instrumentality countermeasures.”

“China has repeatedly expressed done bilateral dialogues that it is consenting to decently grip differences with the EU done dialog and consultation and bilateral authorities procurement arrangements,” said a connection from a spokesperson with the Ministry of Commerce. “Unfortunately, the EU has ignored China’s goodwill and sincerity and inactive insisted connected taking restrictive measures and gathering caller protectionist barriers.”

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