EU Opens Probe Into Chinese Security-Screening Firm Nuctech

Threat detection systems ‘play an essential role in ensuring that Europe is open, yet secure,’ the bloc’s antitrust chief said.

EU Executive Vice President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera gestures during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 16, 2025. Nicolas Tucat / AFP via Getty Images

Nuctech, a Chinese state-owned security equipment maker, is being investigated by the European Union as regulators worry the subsidies granted by Beijing may give the company an unfair edge over its European competitors.

The European Commission has initiated an in-depth investigation into Nuctech to “carefully assess if any foreign support to Nuctech has distorted competition in the EU,” Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera said in a statement on Dec. 11.