Norwegian minister says Nordic countries will push to reach a joint defense agreement.

Nov. 12 — MOFCOM said the China-EU medical device trade matchmaking session, an outcome of the second meeting of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism, produced more than 100 cooperation intentions. The event, organized by MOFCOM with the Ministry of Finance and the National Health Commission, involved over 160 domestic medical institutions and companies in market-based procurement and more than 40 European medical device firms.

European semiconductor stocks STMicroelectronics, ASML, BE Semiconductor and Soitec fell 1.9% to 2.6%.