The Chinese Ministry of Finance said on Sunday that the purchases of the European Union medical aids limited that amounted to more than 45 million Yuan ($ 6.3 million) in value, as retribution to Brussels’ own curbs last month.
Tensions between Beijing and Brussels have risen, with the European Union imposing the rates for electric vehicles built by China and Tasks hits the block of imported Cogny.
The European Union said last month that the Chinese companies connected to participate in EU -public tenders for medical devices worth 60 billion euros ($ 70 billion) or more a year after they concluded that EU companies did not have fair access to China.
The measure announced by the European Commission was the first under the international purchasing instrument of the EU, which came into effect in 2022 and was designed to guarantee mutual market access.
China’s countermeasures were expected after the Ministry of Trade had marked ‘necessary steps’ against the EU relocation at the end of last month.
“Unfortunately, despite the goodwill and sincerity of China, the EU has urged to take its own way, to take restrictive measures and build new protectionist barriers,” said the Ministry of Trade in a separate statement on Sunday.
“That is why China has no choice but to take mutual restrictive measures.”
The EU delegation office in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
China will also limit the import of medical devices from other countries that contain EU-made components that are worth more than 50% of the contract value, according to the Ministry of Finance. The measures will take effect on Sunday.
The Ministry of Trade said that products from European companies in China have not been affected.
The second in the world and the third largest economies will keep a top in China in China later in July.
On Friday, China also announced five years of tasks up to 34.9% on brandy from the European Union, the majority of IT Cognac from France, after closing a study that was largely considered a response to the EV rates of Europe.
However, large cognac producers Pernod Ricard, LVMH and Remy Cointreau were saved from the taxes, provided that they sell at a minimum price that China did not announce.
