The international situation is changing, and no one knows which will come first, tomorrow or the accident. No, just recently, an unexpected thing happened to Lithuania, the European Union suddenly suspended the lawsuit against China, and took the initiative to release a heavy signal of reconciliation against China. Today we will talk about the causes and consequences of this incident in detail.
As everyone knows, in recent years, in order to hug the "thigh" of the United States and the West, Lithuania, a small country with a population of less than 3 million, has jumped up and down, provoking China and Russia one after another, hoping to gain the trust and attention of the United States and the West. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Lithuania quickly supported Ukraine, repeatedly provoked Russia, and even called on Lithuanians to pick up guns to support Ukraine, which completely angered Russia and suffered heavy losses by a series of countermeasures by Russia.
As for the Chinese side, Lithuania has even become even more rampant, and has even chosen to take action against China's red line -- the Taiwan issue, and has even set up a so-called "Taiwan office" in China's Taiwan region, and even set up a "Lithuanian office" in Taiwan later, which is undoubtedly a serious provocation to us.
In this regard, the Chinese side will naturally not get used to it, and will directly take ruthless action, not only lowering the relations between the two countries to the lowest "chargé d'affaires level", but also suspending the import of products related to Lithuania. As everyone knows, China's influence in the economic and trade field suddenly triggered a chain effect, causing many multinational companies in Lithuania to withdraw and stop cooperating with Lithuania.
At this moment, Lithuania is naturally very resentful, but it has no means and ability to retaliate against China, so in desperation, Lithuania can only "shake people", cry to the EU that it has been "bullied", and let the EU stand up for itself. Although the EU side is not willing to offend China, Lithuania is also a member of the EU no matter how it says it, and if it turns a blind eye to this matter, it will undoubtedly seriously affect the "cohesion" of other EU member states.
Therefore, in the end, the EU filed a lawsuit against China against the WTO on the grounds that "China has taken 'discriminatory and coercive measures' against Lithuania's exports and European products related to the country", trying to force China to make concessions and "support" its little brother to save face.
But this time, Lithuania has indeed touched our bottom line and red line, so it is not easy for anyone to come. As a result, the EU and China have also reached a stalemate with us because of this lawsuit, which is undoubtedly worse for the EU, which is very dependent on Chinese goods and its own economy has been very sluggish in recent years.
After a long time, many members of the EU began to be strongly dissatisfied, and this was completely Lithuania's fault, and why did we bear the loss?
Indeed, from the perspective of practical interests, Lithuania has little impact on the economic development of other European countries, but for European countries, whether it is the Chinese market or Chinese products, they are highly needed.
Therefore, recently, the attitude of the EU side has finally made a 180-degree turn, and directly suspended the lawsuit against the Chinese side, and according to the relevant additional conditions, once the EU still does not continue to mention this matter after 12 months of this suspension, then it will automatically withdraw the lawsuit.
Obviously, this move by the EU has actually released a very heavy signal of reconciliation, and the EU is obviously telling China and Lithuania that, first of all, the EU attaches great importance to cooperation with China, and it is impossible to stop cooperation with China because of anything, and all other disputes and problems in the economic and trade fields in the future will give way to cooperation between Europe and China.
Secondly, this is also obviously a warning to Lithuania that this time it has done its best, and the EU cannot put itself in for you, and the trouble you caused yourself will have to solve it yourself in the future, and ask for more blessings for yourself.
It has to be said that Lithuania is indeed in an extremely embarrassing predicament, not only has it suffered heavy losses due to the countermeasures of China and Russia, and its economy has fallen into a crisis, but now it has been completely abandoned by the United States and the West and has become an "outcast." What are the high-ranking officials of Lithuania trying to do this time?
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