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China says 'dissatisfied' as EU bars Chinese firms in medical device tenders
BEIJING, June 24 (Reuters) - China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposes the European Union's restrictions on Chinese companies in the medical devices sector, its commerce ministry said on Tuesday.
The European Commission on Friday said it will bar Chinese firms from participating in EU public tenders for medical devices worth 60 billion euros ($69 billion) or more a year after concluding that EU companies are not given fair access to the Chinese market.
"The European side has persisted in using unilateral tools to build new protectionist barriers, which not only harms the interests of Chinese enterprises, but also seriously undermines fair competition," the ministry said.
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