Overview
- The European Commission confirmed an unannounced inspection under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and multiple reports say Temu’s Dublin headquarters were searched last week.
- Separately, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Chinese airport-scanner maker Nuctech after earlier inspections in Poland and the Netherlands.
- EU negotiators agreed new rules that make screening of inbound investments in sensitive sectors mandatory across the bloc.
- Policymakers plan to scrap the €150 low‑value parcel duty exemption, targeting the surge of cheap e-commerce shipments into the EU.
- China’s Chamber of Commerce to the EU denounced the actions as discriminatory and urged the Commission to halt what it calls excessive use of subsidy probes.