China considers Central and Eastern Europe as part of its sphere of influence on the European continent. From Beijing perspective, the region position at th
does damage to lithuania s economic situation but also jeopardises the eu s important principle of single market integration, and by that reason might be in the process of suffering economic coercion from china. lithuania also receives very strong political support from the european commission and european council and for that reason you just mentioned, the eu would like to submit the lithuania case to the wto for further consultation in support of lithuania. so, what i am saying is that we will continue to deepen our cooperation with the european commission because taiwan has been isolated from the international community, so we treasure that kind of cooperation program between taiwan and the european commission. european union has been a very important normative power in the world, so we use our cooperation with european union to reach out on so many
lithuania, has tried to isolate lithuania, and lithuania is paying a price and, indeed, is so upset that it s trying to counteract china s measures at the wto but, surely, the message of that spat between giant china atiny nd lithuania is that many europeans are going to think very hard before they confront china in that way? we understand your concerns, and lithuania is a very brave country that always withstands that kind of suppression or pressure from foreign hostile states, and this time, lithuania decided to deepen cooperation with taiwan and immediately suffered economic coercion from the economy side. but because this time, china went further to impose secondary sanctions against lithuania, which is to push european countries or european companies not to use the components or spare parts from lithuania, otherwise they cannot sell their products to china. this kind of action not only
to reshape supply chain security for many items such as energy, food, semiconductors or other key industry sectors. without doing so, i m afraid, the question that you mentioned earlier, if we just depend on china s market, that may increase china s leverage and make china become more confident to use its force to achieve its political objectives in the future. i m fascinated by what you re saying and the quiet way in which you are projecting taiwanese power, but let s be real and again, let s look at brussels, where you sit. one country in the european union, lithuania, has gone much further than their eu fellow members and they ve actually allowed taiwan to open an office under the label of taiwan in their country a much in essence, an embassy of taiwan. china has been infuriated by that and, as a result, has cut trade ties with
Canada has asked to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks on the ongoing trade dispute between China and Lithuania, media reported citing Global Affairs