to open a de facto embassy. lithuania has deepened ties with taiwan in recent years, including in the semiconductor space, where taiwan is helping lithuania develop its chip manufacturing industry. i spoke to prime minister ingrida simonyte when she visited singapore recently. she told me how lithuania responded to beijing, and where relations stand with the world's second largest economy. the best answer was to, first and foremost, to look for our partnerships, for our businesses. and i think this goes well, and then, also to speak about this on the international level from eu to wto. now there is an anti—corruption mechanism that has been elaborated at european level. —— anti—coercion mechanism. and i think european policy — eu policy, vis a vis china, is becoming much more coherent than it was. tariffs that the us has imposed on china when it comes to ev and chips, and tech — do you see that having any impact on what it is you're trying to do? the world is shifting