CRRC targeted in EU foreign-subsidy probe of Lisbon Metro tender
By Lewis Crofts ( November 4, 2025, 19:19 GMT | Insight) -- Chinese rail company CRRC has triggered an in-depth probe into the potentially distortive effect of foreign subsidies in a tender to expand Lisbon’s metro, MLex has learned. The European Commission suspects that an April tender to build a new Violet Line in the city could have been victim to unfair subsidies when a consortium bid included CRRC as a subcontractor.Chinese rail company CRRC has triggered an in-depth probe into the potentially distortive effect of foreign subsidies in a tender to expand Lisbon’s metro, MLex has learned....
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