Lithuania versus China – an example of e • Table.Briefings

David versus Goliath: The dispute between Beijing and Lithuania has reached a new level. For several days, Chinese customs blocked goods from the Baltic EU state. Shortly before the presentation of the EU’s instrument against economic coercion, China is thus providing a prime example of a possible application of the new EU instrument. Details of this defense mechanism have yet to be worked out. Experts warn that member states could dilute it.

For a few days, the state of Lithuania apparently no longer existed for China’s customs officials. A Lithuanian wood exporter reported on a news portal that 300 containers were stuck outside Chinese ports. This was quickly followed by other Lithuanian companies, who also reported that their goods were not cleared by customs. „It seems that such a country is non-existent on China’s custom system,“ said Vidmantas Janulevičius, president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists.

Lithuania versus China – an example of economic coercion

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