A WTO panel has been composed to hear the EU's complaint that various Chinese trade restrictions imposed on Lithuania are in violation of WTO rules.

At a Peterson Institute event today, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, explained the background and details of China's trade restrictions that were imposed after Lithuania allowed a Taiwanese economic office in Vilnius to be labelled with the word "Taiwan."

At a House Ways and Means trade subcommittee hearing yesterday, members of Congress and witnesses discussed general U.S. concerns about China's role in the world economy, as well as the specific issues of the "de miminis loophole," Chinese economic coercion, and the possibility of revoking

Today, the European Parliament, the EU Council, and the European Commission announced a "breakthrough" on the main outstanding issues in the legislative process of the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), bringing the measure closer to entry into force. Various Chinese government actions could be targeted by this measure.

Scholars at a U.S. think tank have proposed a counterstrategy to address Chinese economic coercion. Instead of tit-for-tat retaliation, they suggest building closer economic relationships with allies and partners, and helping them to decouple from China in strategic sectors and critical technology. At an event where the proposal was

This week, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis was in Washington, D.C. to meet with several Biden administration officials, and relations with China were a main focus.

At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing yesterday, members of Congress asked Biden administration officials about a range of issues related to economic relations with China: export licenses granted by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); China's economic coercion; MFN treatment for