EU Abandons Complaint Alleging Chinese Trade Curbs on Lithuania

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The European Union has abandoned a trade dispute it launched against China in 2022, accusing it of unfairly targeting Lithuania. The bloc had accused Beijing of blocking imports from Lithuania after the Baltic country greenlit the establishment of a "Taiwanese Representative Office" in its capital, Vilnius.

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00:00The European Union has ended a trade dispute launched against China in 2022 over its alleged

00:06targeting of Lithuania. The complaint lodged with the World Trade Organization had accused

00:12China of blocking imports from Lithuania after the Baltic country greenlit the establishment

00:18of a Taiwanese representative office in its capital Vilnius. China claims Taiwan as its

00:24own and does not like moves by other countries it sees as recognizing Taiwan's sovereignty.

00:30Beijing denies ever formally boycotting Lithuanian goods. The WTO says the case was abandoned

00:36because its objectives were met and normal trade has started again.

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