Unjustifiable raids by EU condemned

The China Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, or CCCEU, condemned the European Commission's surprise raids of the offices of a Chinese company in Poland and the Netherlands on Tuesday in the name of investigating foreign subsidies.

The Chinese business group said it was informed that the enforcement agencies authorized by the European Commission conducted the raids in the morning without prior notice. They seized the company's IT equipment and employees' mobile phones, scrutinized office documents, and demanded access to pertinent data.

"The CCCEU expresses serious concern over the EU conducting unjustifiable, unannounced raids on the Chinese company's subsidiaries in the EU," it said in a statement.