China hit back at the European Union’s restrictions on its medical device makers while maintaining key exceptions, adding uncertainty to ties ahead of a high-stakes summit later this month.Beijing will exclude EU-based companies from Chinese government procurement for certain medical devices,

The originally scheduled two-day meeting in July will now just be one day in Beijing. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The second day of the summit in China is set to be canceled at Beijing’s request, according to people with knowledge of the planning, who asked not to be named discussing private information. Those plans could change by the time they’re finalized, one of the people said.