Now, Lithuania may try or is trying to export its products to other European States, but it will not be a risk that is going to be taken lightly by the European States. China is too big a market to antagonize, while other European States trade with Lithuania is minor and insignificant. Would they want to trade their support for Lithuania and forego their much bigger market? I would not think so.
The EU did put Lithuania's case to the WTO, trying to put pressure on China over unfair trade practices. So far as I understand, that has been withdrawn. To put it in perspective, the WTO did not do and could not do anything about the unfair trade practices of the USA, with its sanctions, tariffs and technology strangulation. Any attempt to rein in China over Lithuania is going to open a can of worms for the WTO, particularly with regard to the USA's position.
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China will make those rabid dogs face a slow and tortured death. They always say that there are many ways to skin a cat. There are also many ways to torture a dog, whether rabid or stray. China's retaliation will always be less sudden as it looks for alternatives first, cement the bridge, before doing the damaging part.
China just has to make it stressful for the rabid dog's exporting to the Chinese market, if not just to keep them out. I just want to quote a good example.
The Philippine exported durians to China, about 35 million kilos at its peak in 2022, which has now dwindled to 5 million kilos in 2025, just a fraction of that. Chinese consumers now refused to support Philippine durians imported into the country. The Philippine durian growers suffered huge losses as a result. This is only a slap on the wrist by China in retaliation over the antagonization by the Philippines against China in the South China Sea. The biggest irony is that Philippine durian growers were targeting the huge Chinese market and losing it means disaster. Philippine durian growers were investing in durian farms looking at the lucrative Chinese market, and just like the soya bean farmers in the USA, may be left high and dry by the backfiring. Many countries in South-East Asia are also exporting durians to China, including Vietnam and Thailand. China's fledging durian farms have not yet move up the supply chain, but the writing is on the wall for durian exporters in ASEAN. Be prepared for stiff competition.
Rabid dogs must be put to sleep, not allowed to spread its dreaded disease that will harm others.
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