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China warns EU over โ€˜Made in Europeโ€™ plan, vows countermeasures (www.france24.com)
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The EU unveiled in March new "Made in Europe" rules for companies trying to access public funds in strategic sectors including cars, green tech and steel, obliging firms to meet minimum thresholds for EU-made parts.

The proposal, held up for months by wrangling over the measures, is a key part of a European Union drive to regain its competitive edge, reduce its industrial decline and stave off hundreds of thousands of job losses.

Beijing's commerce ministry said on Monday that it had submitted comments to the European Commission on Friday, expressing China's "serious concerns" regarding the act it called "systemic discrimination".

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[โ€“] [S] 134 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

A quick reminder that non-Chinese companies can't establish a subsidiary in China, they always need a Chinese partner that would then own the majority of the Chinese joint venture. And that's just one among many other protectionist rules that illustrate how the Chinese Communist Party shields its domestic supply chains, including the use of forced labour.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    always

    This is only true for limited restricted industries these days, which include telecommunications, education services, certain financial services, media and cultural industries, market surveys, and some transportation and aviation activities, but this is not true for most manufacturing, logistics and related services, R&D, and environmental stuff.

    https://www.china-briefing.com/news/chinas-foreign-investment-negative-list-guide/

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/china-allow-overseas-investors-access-more-sectors-2025-04-24/

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  • [โ€“] [S] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    @TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Your comment is false, just read your own linked article.

    China was just reducing the number of 'restricted industries' to 106 from 117 (this alone is a joke), but companies can still acquire only a minority stake. They need a partner.

    The only non-Chinese company in China is Elon Musk's Tesla. It's the only exemption.

    Oh, and what does it mean anyway when the Chinese government issues such lists or introduces any laws. The owners of China's AI company Manus also played by the rules and sold their company to Meta as announced already in December 2025, but now China blocks the $2bn acquisition of AI start-up Manus:

    Beijing's National Development and Reform Commission [has] prohibited foreign investment in the deal, requiring "the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction".

    [Edit typo.]

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