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The European Union has requested WTO dispute consultations with China concerning alleged Chinese restrictions on the import and export of goods (including wood products<\/strong>), and the supply of services, to and from Lithuania or with a link to Lithuania. The request was circulated to WTO members on 31 January.<\/p>\n

What is a request for consultations?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The request for consultations formally initiates a dispute in the WTO. Consultations give the parties an opportunity to discuss the matter and to find a satisfactory solution without proceeding further with litigation. After 60 days, if consultations have failed to resolve the dispute, the complainant may request adjudication by a panel.<\/p>\n

Lithuanian timber exports to China blocked<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back in December 2021, China downgraded its diplomatic ties with the Baltic state and suspended consular services there after the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania opened on Nov. 18.<\/p>\n

China views self-ruled Taiwan as its territory with no rights as a state. Other Taiwanese offices in Europe and the United States use the name of the city Taipei, avoiding any reference to the island itself.<\/p>\n

Chinese customs seemed to have removed Lithuania from its system and the goods could not be cleared in China. Many Lithuanian timber exporter complained that they could no longer export to China.<\/p>\n

It seems that a Lithuanian company exporting timber to China was refused to unload at a Chinese port. Taiwan\u2019s \u201cCentral News Agency\u201d quoted the timber exporter as saying that his trading partners in mainland China could not clear the goods he had recently shipped in Shanghai because there was no \u201cLithuania\u201d in the local customs computer system since December 1st.<\/p>\n

The timber exporter said that several Chinese agents told him that Lithuania was \"deleted\" and that apart from Shanghai, other ports also had problems with timber goods that could not be cleared.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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