China's Ministry of Commerce denounced the recent measures restricting Chinese companies from participating in EU public procurement of medical devices, calling them "new protectionist barriers."

Last week, the European Commission took a formal step towards imposing restrictions on government procurement of Chinese medical devices, based on an investigation of what it found to be restrictions on procurement practices in the Chinese market.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced yesterday that it will extend its anti-dumping investigation on EU pork for six months.

Last week, European Union trade chief Maros Šefčovič and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met in France and made progress on the EU anti-subsidy case on Chinese EVs, China's anti-dumping case on EU brandy, and China's rare earth export control policies, according to officials from China&

At the Brussels Economic Security Forum today, European Commission officials and other experts offered comments and perspectives on EU-China economic relations and China's participation in the WTO.

The Chinese government has slammed the EU-proposed measures to restrict the market access of Chinese medical device producers in the EU as "discriminatory" and "unilateral." This marks a new front in the EU-China trade conflict, affecting an industry with approximately $20 billion annual trade.

Based on an investigation by the European Commission, EU member states have approved punitive measures, in the form of restrictions on access by Chinese medical device makers to the EU procurement market, in response to Chinese limits on procurement opportunities for EU medical device producers.