The EU is feeling the pain, China's strong measures have made it pay a heavy price. To show favor to the US, the EU is desperately biting China, but now it has tasted bitter fruit.
Global Times reports that the Chinese Ministry of Finance has announced a notice, deciding to exclude EU companies (excluding EU-funded enterprises in China) from participating in government procurement activities. For non-EU enterprises participating, the proportion of medical devices imported from the EU shall not exceed 50% of the total amount of the project contract. In the field of medical device procurement in China, European enterprises are absolute winners, and many European enterprises' products have entered our procurement list. European medical devices have made huge profits in China.
This time, our strong measures have definitely made the EU feel the pain, making it clear that maliciously opposing China will come at a heavy cost. Why has the EU been constantly clashing with China recently? It's not because of the cooperation interests between the EU and China, but because of the US. The US has been exerting extreme pressure on the EU on tariff issues, but facing the US's bullying, the EU has always lacked the courage to stand up. The EU is afraid of the US, so it chose to bite China and show favor to the US.
The EU thought that by acting as the US's vanguard, representing the US to bite China, it could gain forgiveness from the US and get concessions from the US on core issues such as tariffs. However, what the EU did not expect was that its biting of China received no respect from the US, but instead faced China's firm countermeasures. After our actions, the EU will pay a very heavy price, and the US will not give any benefits to the EU for this, so the EU will have to swallow the bitter fruit alone, which is very tragic.
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