At a meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade yesterday, Sabine Weyand, the Director-General at DG Trade of the European Commission, testified on various EU-China trade issues, including export controls and trade remedy measures.

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.

At the G7 meetings in Canada, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered remarks that sought to unify G7 countries in an effort to push back against Chinese economic policies and practices. To some extent, her comments may have been designed to reduce tensions in economic relations with the

Yesterday, the European Commission started an anti-dumping investigation on imports of tyres for passenger cars and light lorries from China.

The European Commission announced a preliminary finding that TikTok "does not fulfil the Digital Services Act (DSA)'s obligation to publish an advertisement repository."

Last Friday, the European Commission imposed countervailing duties on imports of mobile access equipment (MAE) from China, following an earlier imposition of anti-dumping duties, and mirroring similar actions by the U.S. several years ago.