Some Lithuanian companies are facing challenges to China’s exports again. It is said that the Chinese Customs will remove Lithuania from the electronic operating system. As long as the goods are related to Lithuania, they will be rejected by China. The Lithuanian government is currently seeking to coordinate with the European Union to collectively oppose Beijing. The CCP and Lithuania are in a stalemate, and they are more likely to set fire to themselves, awaken the sleeping lion of the European Union, and stage a collective roar of countermeasures.
According to Lithuanian media reports, a timber exporter pointed out that the container he had recently arrived in Shanghai could not be cleared, and not only Shanghai, but other ports also had the problem that the goods could not be cleared.
The Chinese trading partner of the timber exporter told him that the local customs computer system no longer has Lithuania as a country since December 1st; and the Chinese customs clearly stated that the goods will be rejected as long as they are related to Lithuania.
The actual case also found that even if the container departs from Germany or any other EU country, as long as there is any document or “evidence” showing that the cargo is related to Lithuania, it cannot enter Chinese ports. The relevant information was confirmed by Sprusas, one of the largest timber traders in Lithuania.
Vidmantas Janulevičius, chairman of the Lithuanian Federation of Industries, confirmed this fact and pointed out that the European Union is a common market and a political community, and Lithuania has been wiped out of the CCP’s map. It is difficult to guarantee that other countries will not face similar encounters in the future. He predicted that the Chinese Communist Party may interpret this trade barrier as a “misunderstanding” or “unexpected error,” but it will continue to create troubles, just like Russia’s usual two-sided approach when it hinders Central and Eastern European countries from reducing their dependence on oil and natural gas.
However, the Chinese Communist Party has not officially issued a ban on the import of Lithuanian goods. Rokas Radvilavičius, chief executive of the Lithuanian China Trade Association (LCTA), said that the relevant ban does not rule out an “internal instruction.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania also stated that they have not received any official information from the CCP. The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Aušrinė Armonaité, stated that the economic and trade problems between Lithuania and China require EU intervention and collective response. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it will continue to collect information and has contacted the European Union to seek collective countermeasures against the CCP.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis mentioned in an exclusive interview a few days ago that China “uses economics to force politics,” and in practice, it will even avoid placing relevant measures at the level of official policies or measures in order to avoid world trade as much as possible. Organization (WTO) constraints. The CCP’s approach has been verified once again that Lithuania must develop relations with economies that abide by the principles of the rule of law and international agreements to avoid unnecessary risks.
Dissatisfied with Lithuania’s permission to set up a representative office in Taiwan, the CCP has reduced bilateral relations to the level of agency and has continued to use economic, trade and political means to exert pressure.
However, Lithuania was supported by a series of specific actions by the United States, including credits and guarantees worth US$600 million, expanding imports of Lithuanian agricultural and livestock products, and strengthening trade cooperation in high-tech fields. The two sides held a high-level Indo-Pacific strategic dialogue for the first time in late November. .
Since the last President Trump took office, the United States has awakened like a huge sleeping lion, instead of passive resistance, it has taken active actions against the CCP and sought to establish a new and stable democratic alliance internationally to jointly fight against the CCP’s global totalitarian expansion. The measures have gradually made the international community aware of the increasing threat of the CCP. If the world does not act actively, it may be swallowed up by the CCP’s totalitarian rule.
Although Lithuania is a small Baltic country in Eastern Europe, its population is less than one area of Beijing, and its land area ranks 120th in the world, and its economy ranks 22nd in the GDP of the 27 EU countries. But this small country, facing the threat of the CCP, stood up to the forefront of resisting the power of the world. The Taiwan issue, the most taboo of the CCP, stepped on the red line set by Beijing that discouraged many countries.
After Lithuania took the lead in withdrawing from the China-Central and Eastern European Countries (17+1) cooperation mechanism promoted by the CCP, it allowed Taiwan to open a “Taiwan Representative Office in Lithuania” in the capital Vilnius, and plans to set up a representative office in Taiwan early next year. In the eyes of the CCP, this is a flagrant creation of “one China, one Taiwan” internationally, setting a very bad precedent.
Lithuania was the first country to declare independence from the former Soviet Union. Based on the painful history of being annexed by the former Soviet Union, Lithuania has always cherished the importance of democracy and freedom after its independence in the early 1990s. Although it is a small country in Eastern Europe, Lithuania has once again played a leading role, bravely leading this awakened sleeping lion, the European Union, into a new era of resistance to the Communist Party.
When Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda visited France on November 30, he and French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned that the CCP had retaliated against the establishment of a representative office in Taiwan. Macron praised Lithuania’s brave decision and reiterated France’s firm support. Lithuania.
Macron and Nauseda issued a joint statement on December 1, stating that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania demonstrated to the world how to fight against the CCP. Regarding Lithuania’s suppression of the CCP and the refugee crisis on the border with Belarus, he said that “France is with you.”
France will assume the rotating presidency of the EU from January next year (2022) for a six-month term. Macron emphasized that in the face of challenges from China and Russia, uniting Europe is a priority for the French government.
In addition, the EU’s recent high-profile anti-communist action is the “Global Gateway” program announced on December 1. It plans to raise 300 billion euros from this year to 2027 to assist developing countries in infrastructure construction and support the world Economic recovery. The EU emphasizes that the plan must compete with the autocratic system and respond to current global value challenges. It is seen as a key layout to counter the CCP’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative and enhance the EU’s influence.
In Germany, where the EU holds a leading position, Annalena Baerbock, the new foreign minister who is hawkish towards the center, also stated on December 1 that it will adopt the principles of “value-oriented” and “dialogue and toughness” to deal with China. Do not rule out boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Current affairs observer Wu Jieshen pointed out that the European Parliament has paid special attention to the infiltration and threat of the CCP in recent years, and has repeatedly warned and pressured the EU.Now that the European Commission and the EU member states have finally accelerated the “anti-China (Communist) and safeguarding Europe” action, and the relationship with Taiwan has also continued to heat up, the European “sleeping lion” seems to have been awakened, its “anti-China (Communist)” action. Worth watchingObserve.
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