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EU trade war with China

The EU has escalated two trade disputes with China by asking the World Trade Organization to convene panels to rule on them; in the first cases, the bloc has brought against Beijing for at least three years, officials in Brussels said. The first dispute concerns an alleged trade embargo on imports from Lithuania, sparked by a disagreement over Vilnius’s relations with Taiwan. The move comes at a time of increasing tension between China and the EU, which is under pressure from the US to take a stricter line in trading relations with Beijing. The commission said the measures had reduced Lithuanian exports to China, worth €220mn a year before they were imposed, by 80 per cent.

Since December 2021, China has applied discriminatory and coercive measures against exports from Lithuania and exports of EU products containing Lithuanian content, the commission added. The commission said Chinese customs authorities had rejected Lithuanian imports and formalised complete import bans on its alcohol, beef, dairy, logs and peat shipped from Lithuania. «When asked for further explanations, China failed to prove that these bans were justified,» it said. The patent case involves judgments known as «anti-suit injunctions» by China’s Supreme Court, which prevent companies from protecting their patents by securing licensing deals in foreign courts, even within the EU.

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  1. Damian8 December 2022 at 11:37

    China and their great ways to deal with other countries. Another perfect example of a great nation, with wonderful people, that are ruled by a handful of people desperate for power and glory.

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  2. Gunther8 December 2022 at 12:07

    I wonder how this will get settled. It seems clear that China has no explanations for their behavior, and this wouldn't be the first time they did something like this.

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