BEIJING — China hit back on Sunday at a European Union (EU) ban on Chinese firms from major medical equipment purchases with a reciprocal bar on European companies in the latest trade salvo between the two economies. China’s finance ministry said in a statement that European Union companies, with the exception of “those with European
The European Union has placed Nigeria on its latest priority watch list of countries with significant concerns over intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, citing persistent issues of counterfeiting, piracy, and weak enforcement frameworks. In its 2025 biennial report on the Protection and Enforcement of IPR in Third Countries, the EU’s Trade and Economic Security Commission
Dimitris Tsiodras has called for a set of measures to strengthen startups, submitting a question to the European Commission. Specifically, ahead of the publication of the EU’s Startup Strategy, he asks the Commission how it plans to enhance access to funding and ensure the protection and strategic use of intellectual property rights, such as patents.