Overview

• China’s Finance Ministry announced that EU-based medical device firms will be excluded from government tenders exceeding 45 million yuan ($6.3 million) starting July 6
• European companies that manufacture medical devices locally in China are exempted from the new procurement limits
• Beijing extended its response by barring imports of devices containing more than 50 percent EU-made components
• The measures coincide with anti-dumping duties on European brandy and underline China’s reciprocal reaction to the EU’s June procurement ban
• In June the EU invoked its International Procurement Instrument to block Chinese suppliers from high-value tenders after finding EU firms faced discriminatory barriers in China