By Joanna Sopinska ( January 14, 2025, 12:29 GMT | Insight) -- China limits the access of EU medical devices to its government contracts "in an unfair and discriminatory way," the European Commission said in a report today. It warned Beijing that it might follow with punitive measures such as price penalties or exclusion from the bloc's tenders, if the restrictions are not removed. China's public procurement market rules discriminate against EU providers of medical devices, the European Commission said in a report issued today. The investigation, opened in April last year, has shown that China limits the access to its government contracts "in an unfair and discriminatory way," the EU regulator said, warning that it might follow with punitive measures if the restrictions aren't removed....
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