Ukraine: Parliament passes law on localization of industrial production

On December 16, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed at the second reading the law on the creation of preconditions for sustainable development and modernization of domestic industry, providing for the establishment of localization requirements when purchasing machine-building products. Bill No. 3739 was supported by 323 MPs. The adopted document improves the public procurement procedure…

Lithuania: railway bridge contractor ruled threat to security due to Chinese ownership

A China-controlled Spanish firm that has won Lithuania’s tender to build a railway bridge over the Neris River poses a threat to national security, a government panel has decided. The bridge is part of the Rail Baltica European standard-gauge railway project implemented by Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG). “The commission has decided that LTG Infra’s…