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China retaliates against EU with a ban on European medical devices (halifax.citynews.ca)

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[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

Makes sense after the terror attack on lebanon. All euro products are potential terror weapons.

[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2044

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_252

After the commission found that China has unsymmetrical trade barriers for EU medical devices, it recommended some actions. For the past year EU was trying to negotiate China opening their medical market to the same level EUs market is open to China. It failed.

More symmetrical tarrifs incoming (from both sides).