Not the right prescription for European regulators

Trade | Robert Verkerk

Steps taken by the European Union and the UK government have put a spoke in the wheels of traditional Chinese medicine, the healthcare system fine-tuned by China's scientists and clinicians over more than four millennia.

Having handed sovereignty to the EU on crucial matters such as key aspects of healthcare and trade, the British government is now choosing to jettison or stall actions that could safeguard the future of TCM.