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EU Considers Hitting Back Against China’s Medtech Protectionism

 
• By Amanda Maxwell

The European Commission has issued a report on the protectionist medtech policies in China that are impacting imports and is considering measures to protect EU manufacturers.

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China is discriminating against EU medical devices producers in bids for public contracts in all medical device categories, according to a European Commission staff working document entitled, Factual finding of the International Procurement Instrument investigation on the procurement market for medical devices in the People’s Republic of China.

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