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China Responds to European Union’s Medical Device Restrictions With Restrictions of Its Own

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China has imposed restrictions on procurement of European medical devices, following the European Union’s vote to limit Chinese companies from participating in public procurement tenders for medical device contracts last...more

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China announces new restrictions on the participation of certain EU-origin medical devices in government procurement activities

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China imposed new restrictions on the eligibility of certain medical devices originating from the EU in government procurement activities effective July 6, 2025. New restrictions do not apply to EU companies participating in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Anti-Money Laundering Quarterly - July 2025

Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important domestic and international Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory and enforcement developments from the...more

Hogan Lovells

EU adopts restrictions on access of Chinese companies to EU public procurement for medical devices

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Following approval by EU Member States in the Trade Barriers Committee, on 19 June 2025, the European Commission adopted the first measure (Implementing regulation - EU - 2025/1197 - EN - EUR-Lex) under the International...more

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EU imposes first International Procurement Instrument measure restricting Chinese access to medical devices procurement

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Adopted in 2022, the IPI allows the Commission to investigate alleged non-EU country measures or practices against EU economic operators that limit access to the public procurement and concession markets of non-EU countries....more

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EU restricts Chinese access to public procurement of medical devices

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Last Friday, the European Commission announced its first International Procurement Instrument (IPI) measure, excluding “economic operators” from China from participation in EU public procurement procedures for medical devices...more

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EUROPE – European Commission Excludes Chinese Medical Device Manufacturers from EU Public Procurement Contracts

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On June 19, 2025, the European Commission (“EU Commission”) adopted Regulation 2025/1197 imposing restrictive measures on Chinese medical devices in its first use of the European Union’s International Procurement Instrument...more

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European Union Votes to Curb China’s Access to Medical Device Market

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The European Union has “agreed overwhelmingly” to limit Chinese medical device manufacturers’ access to public procurement contracts in Europe, Bloomberg reports. On Monday June 2, 2025, European Union (EU) countries...more

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FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape - May 2025

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The beginning of 2025 saw two overarching trends in FRAND litigation...more

Morgan Lewis

FDI Enforcement Trends in EU, EU Member States, and UK: Q1 2025

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In the first quarter of 2025, the approach of the European Union, EU member states, and the United Kingdom toward foreign direct investment (FDI) reviews continues to be cautious and is increasingly linked to security...more

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Rising review risk for deals not meeting merger control thresholds

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Antitrust authorities continue to make use of powers to scrutinize deals falling below merger control filing thresholds. Many that don’t have that ability, want it. The European Commission (EC) remains the frontrunner in...more

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Update: Navigating New Tariff and Import Trade Realities Under the Second Trump Administration

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Update: On February 10, 2025, the Trump administration issued a proclamation reinstating a 25% ad valorem tariff on steel imports and increasing tariffs on aluminum imports to 25%, as well as ending all beneficial...more

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A new course for the EU: Key takeaways on the implications of the Competitiveness Compass Agenda on antitrust, internal market and...

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The European Commission has published on the 29th January the “Competitiveness Compass for the EU”, setting out ambitious initiatives aimed at strengthening and protecting the EU’s position on global markets. The Compass...more

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First International Procurement Instrument case relating to EU medical devices in China’s public procurement market. The key...

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On 14 January 2025, the European Commission ("Commission") published the findings of its first investigation under the EU's International Procurement Instrument ("IPI"). Findings of the investigation concludes that China...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EU Forced Labour Regulation Is Now Adopted: What Does It Mean?

On 12 December 2024, the Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (the Regulation) was published in the European Union (EU) Official...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

EV and EV-Infrastructure Deployment Encounters Regulatory, Political, and Market Challenges in 2024: Hitting Speed Bumps or...

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The road to electrified mobility has been a tumultuous one for automakers, battery-electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure developers, and their supporting industries. Global EV technologies and trends are evolving rapidly,...more

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Landmark Minerals Security Partnership Finance Network Established for Critical Minerals Projects

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The new financing initiative aims to enhance collaboration amongst export credit agency and development finance institutions to support financing for critical mineral projects....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – California AI bill vetoed, new ChatGPT features, Meta’s video generation AI model, and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following...more

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EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation: General Court refuses to suspend EC request for mailboxes located in China

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In the context of a dawn raid under the EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation (FSR), the EU General Court (GC) has refused to suspend the European Commission (EC)’s request to access employees’ mailboxes located in China....more

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FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape - July 2024

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This is the third issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that highlights developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed to be...more

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A new European trade tool: The first investigation under the International Procurement Instrument

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The European Commission has launched its first investigation into a non-EU country's procurement practices leveraging its new tool, the International Procurement Instrument. This investigation looks at the public procurement...more

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Navigating the challenges in arbitrating competition law issues

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Once considered non-arbitrable, competition law disputes between private parties are increasingly being resolved by arbitration. Even where competition law issues are not at the heart of the dispute, parties are becoming...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

WTO Dispute Settlement–What to Expect in 2024

The year 2024 holds the potential for significant developments in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism. With the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in February, members may reach agreements...more

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European Commission initiates anti-subsidy investigation on imports of electric vehicles from China

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On 4 October 2023, the European Commission initiated an anti-subsidy investigation that could lead to increased tariffs on imports of Chinese electric vehicles to the European Union and has broader implications for the global...more

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The Netherlands, European Union and China all make their next moves in the game to control semiconductor supply chains

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Following negotiations with the United States, the Netherlands in January 2023 agreed to impose controls on the export of certain semiconductors and related products to China....more

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