The European Union targeted China’s procurement of medical devices in its first investigation under the International Procurement Instrument (IPI), implemented in 2022. The European Commission launched the investigation on April 24 in
After a decade-long effort, the European Union (EU) in June adopted a new trade tool aimed at achieving reciprocity by opening third-country public procurement markets and improving market access opportunities for EU suppliers, goods, and services. The new
The European Union and seven other parties to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) have, for the first time, requested the use of arbitration to resolve their objections to a proposed withdrawal of procurement from the Agreement. On March 26, they
On October 30th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a list of essential medicines, medical countermeasures and critical inputs to comply with the president’s August 6 executive order. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) must take action