Lithuania counts on foreign partners as German investors sound alarm over China’s pressure.

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  1. Seems that China’s sanctions really works now, German multinationals all have already given in, who would be the next? France, Poland, Spain, Italy or the US?👀

  2. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1570020/lithuania-counts-on-foreign-partners-as-german-investors-sound-alarm-over-china-s-pressure) reduced by 74%. (I’m a bot)
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    > "We are looking into ways to minimise potential secondary impact during conversations with foreign partners, with the European Commission and the United States. Naturally, trade wars are not good for anyone and each of the sides has leverage. It seems to me that solidarity is very important in this case, not to leave Lithuania alone as it is, but to look into leverage our foreign partners have and act together," the minister told reporters on Wednesday.

    > 'Unity' of the EU. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that there should be a European response to Beijing's alleged pressuring of foreign investors in Lithuania.

    > The German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to the Lithuanian government, warning that German investors might be forced to close their production facilities in Lithuania in response to Beijing's action, unless there is "a constructive solution to restore Lithuanian-Chinese economic relations".

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  3. Dear Germany…
    Fuck you, Germany. Are there any authoritarian regimes left that you didn’t bend over to..?

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