1/27/2022- 6:22 p.m.
Beijing-Brussels Legal Battle: EU SUES China for “discriminatory trade practices” against Lithuania
The European Union has launched a WTO case in response to a Chinese block on trade with Lithuania – after the Baltic state deepened ties with Taiwan.
The bloc’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization, Joao Aguiar Machado, complained it would affect supply chain issues across the EU, but China has warned the bloc not to interfere with – what it considers – a bilateral dispute.
