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.

On Friday, the European Commission announced that it had imposed countervailing duties on imports of aluminum road wheels from Morocco, with one of the subsidies at issue having been provided through China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

As online shopping continues to expand in the EU, the European Commission is moving to tighten controls on the surge of low-value e-commerce imports, particularly from China. These measures aim to address concerns about product safety, unfair competition, and environmental impact.

At a European Parliament Committee on International Trade meeting yesterday, Members of Parliament discussed the European Commission's recent conclusion of its first investigation under its International Procurement Instrument (IPI), which found "clear evidence of China limiting the access of EU medical devices producers to its government contracts

The European Commission has concluded its first investigation under its International Procurement Instrument (IPI), finding "clear evidence of China limiting the access of EU medical devices producers to its government contracts in an unfair and discriminatory way."

At an EU Parliament hearing yesterday, Commissioner-designate Maroš Šefčovič spoke and took questions from MEPs. China came up several times during the hearing, with overcapacity and geopolitics both discussed, and Šefčovič emphasized that EU trade policy towards China would be "assertive."