On April 23, European Union officials, including EU inspectors, conducted raids on the Dutch and Polish offices of Nuctech, a Chinese company that manufactures baggage security scanners and other surveillance equipment. The raids, part of the EU's enforcement of its new anti-foreign subsidy rules, targeted Nuctech due to suspicions of unfair state subsidies. Nuctech, a state-owned enterprise previously managed by the son of former Chinese leader Hu Jintao, has faced scrutiny and bans in some Western countries over national security concerns. The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU criticized the raids as an unfair weaponization of regulatory powers and urged the EU to adhere to World Trade Organization rules, commit to fair competition, and maintain its commitments to an open market.
Catching spies, raiding a Chinese firm, launching a probe into Chinese medical devices—the #EuropeanUnion is making a series of moves before Chinese leader #XiJinping’s visit next month. The trip would mark his first to Europe in five years. https://t.co/ood6pROiRX
The China Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, or CCCEU, condemned the European Commission's surprise raids of the offices of a Chinese company in Poland and the Netherlands on Tuesday in the name of investigating foreign subsidies.https://t.co/TKz3sB7g15
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Wednesday urged the European Union (EU) to provide an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for foreign companies in Europe. #XinhuaNews https://t.co/70IRFFWctE
Despite national security warnings, Nuctech's products are used in border checkpoints and seaports across Europe. Here’s what we know about the Chinese security equipment supplier targeted by new anti-subsidy rules https://t.co/3sFPkHQazy https://t.co/8CkNUwvmVj
From state contracts to a dawn raid: how Europe turned on China’s Nuctech https://t.co/UokBLCTrWL
China urges EU to provide an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for foreign companies in Europe https://t.co/YqhMYbbhLm https://t.co/0RTwwpJ0Rj
CHINA'S MISSION TO EU LOOKS FORWARD TO OPEN, FAIR, AND EQUITABLE EXCHANGES WITH THE EUROPEAN SIDE FOLLOWING EU RAID ON CHINESE SECURITY EQUIPMENT FIRM
China has urged the #EU to cease erroneous practices immediately, and to provide a fair and non-discriminatory environment for businesses from all countries operating in Europe, said the Ministry of Commerce in an online statement published on Wednesday. https://t.co/RxYceMxXjP
We urge EU to honor its commitment to open market and fair competition, observe WTO rules and stop going after Chinese companies. https://t.co/xl9cxuwV6W
EU inspectors raid Chinese scanner manufacturer in Rotterdam over state subsidies suspicions https://t.co/QRW18erk9T https://t.co/qVrasdvVHM
So it was partially 🇨🇳 state-owned Nuctech — a manufacturer of baggage security scanners — whose Rotterdam and Warsaw offices were raided by the European Commission and local law enforcement on April 23. https://t.co/aOlsfvrrZz https://t.co/dyKdsT6B6J https://t.co/o8xyQ8H4WM
#EU enforcement agencies raided #Chinese company's offices in Poland, the Netherlands, said China's commerce chamber https://t.co/w1zlS52Q2o
"The target was Nuctech, a SOE once run by the son of Hu Jintao & whose products have been banned by some western countries on national security grounds...Move is 1st time Brussels has used its new anti-foreign subsidy rules to justify a raid on a company" https://t.co/XjgOww1KwJ
🇨🇳 China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) has expressed serious concern over the unannounced raids. Raids are of course never preannounced… 😂😂😂 https://t.co/PwhjxPJoFP https://t.co/o8xyQ8H4WM
The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU decried what it called a “dawn raid” on the security equipment company on Tuesday morning and accused Brussels of “weaponising” its regulatory powers unfairly against Chinese entities. but.. https://t.co/EqoNTVud5T
CHINA: HOPE THAT EU ABIDES BY WTO RULES, COMMIT TO OPEN MARKET
CHINA: HOPE THAT EU WILL STOP TRYING TO SUPPRESS CHINESE FIRMS
CHINA: URGE EU TO ABIDE BY THE WTO, ITS PROMISES OF OPEN MARKET
CHINA: THE EU HAS BEEN SENDING A SIGNAL OF PROTECTIONISM
Chinese business lobby hits back at EU ‘dawn raid’ on security equipment supplier https://t.co/w6mh5kngRY
EU targets Chinese surveillance kit maker in latest use of foreign subsidies regulation https://t.co/odIy1MvCJ3
On Tue morning, EU officials entered the premises of the Dutch and Polish subsidiaries of a 🇨🇳 company involved in the manufacture of surveillance equipment. There, they accessed the ICT system and staff phones in a dramatic utilisation of an economic tool that has struck fear… https://t.co/XLynzyCm2e