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Brussels – Unwarranted restrictions on ‘made in EU’ in the health and healthcare sector<\/strong>, China continues to ban medical equipment and devices from its market, and the European Commission now threatens strong\u00a0responses. “We are ready to take decisive action<\/strong> to defend a level playing field and support fair competition,” assures Maros Sefcovic<\/strong>, Commissioner for Trade. Words that sound like a warning to Beijing: the EU is ready for a new chapter in the tariff war<\/strong> that started with the People’s Republic and ended up at the World Trade Organization (WTO).<\/a>
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“Continued discrimination” by the People’s Republic against EU medical devices in the public procurement market persists, Brussels denounces. The latest report<\/a>\u00a0presents “clear evidence of China limiting the access of EU medical devices producers <\/strong>to its government contracts in an unfair and discriminatory way<\/strong>,” the EU Commission said.\u00a0These are unacceptable practices that must come to an\u00a0end.
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Europe is ready for anything, not just tariffs. The EU’s response\u00a0could include restrictions and\u00a0the exclusion of Chinese bidders for government contracts in the EU<\/strong>, i.e., closing the single market for China. If this were to take place, it would\u00a0be the choice of the\u00a0Chinese, Sefcovic stressed: “The European Commission strongly wishes to maintain open, fair and mutually beneficial trade relations with China, including on public procurement. However, openness needs to be reciprocal.”
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The goal remains an agreed solution. “we continue to prioritize dialogue as a first step to finding solutions,” the Trade Commissioner of the second von der Leyen term added.\u00a0In the meantime, preparations are underway for a new round of trade war.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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