EU's Buy European Rules: Impact on China and Business
europeanbusinessmagazine.com
We revela how the EU's procurement rules affect China and European businesses in this insightful analysis by Katie Winearls.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/11206781

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Brussels is expected to unveil new “Buy European” procurement rules that would give governments and public authorities greater scope to favour European companies when awarding contracts, while potentially restricting bidders from countries that do not offer equivalent access to their own public markets.

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The move reflects a much broader shift in Europe’s relationship with Beijing.

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Brussels is no longer looking at trade simply through the traditional lens of price and consumer choice. The question increasingly is whether European taxpayers should finance foreign industrial capacity at a time when Europe is trying to rebuild its own.

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  • deWafelMan@lemmus.orgEnglish
    6·
    18 hours ago

    It says it’s aimed at China. Does the USA allow it? Does this mean stepping away from microsoft?

    • tardigradeOPEnglish
      4·
      18 hours ago

      The procurement rules apply to everyone, and many public (and private) administration offices in the EU and its member states have already begun moving to Linux and other Open Source tools.

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      It‘s aimed at China because China is the worst offender of it with (I assume) the USA coming second. In a lot of ways the US under MAGA rule is becoming more like China every day meaning a techno fascist state that actually doesn‘t like free trade and just wants to exploit everyone and everything. Not like thats a first for the US or Europe but global trade is shifting away from a free market. I think it‘s in our interest the EU at least pulls the break on this concerning development and gives everyone some time to reconsider and change course for the better.

  • ViatorOmnium@piefed.socialEnglish
    16·
    23 hours ago

    restricting bidders from countries that do not offer equivalent access to their own public markets.

    This should have been the rule from day 0.

    • Fusselwurm@feddit.orgEnglish
      7·
      18 hours ago

      Yes.

      It’s wild how long it takes for these strategic re-adjustments.

      The right time to do this would’ve been twenty years ago.