Dispute
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Lithuanian timber exports to China blocked due to trade dispute
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. 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. As reported in the Lithuanian media, Chinese customs seemed to have removed Lithuania from its system and the goods could not be cleared in China. Also, as reported by the Lithuanian news website "15min" it seems that a Lithuanian company exporting timber to China was refused to unload at a Chinese port. Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” 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... Continue reading
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December 6, 2021
Lithuanian timber exports to China blocked due to trade dispute
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. 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. As reported in the Lithuanian media, Chinese customs seemed to have removed Lithuania from its system and the goods could not be cleared in China. Also, as reported by the Lithuanian news website "15min" it seems that a Lithuanian company exporting timber to China was refused to unload at a Chinese port. Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” 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... Continue reading
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November 13, 2020
Hopes that the Biden administration will end the softwood lumber dispute
There's a glimmer of hope the ongoing softwood lumber dispute between Canada and the United States might come to an end under the Biden-Harris administration.... Continue reading
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December 6, 2021
Lithuanian timber exports to China blocked due to trade dispute
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. 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. As reported in the Lithuanian media, Chinese customs seemed to have removed Lithuania from its system and the goods could not be cleared in China. Also, as reported by the Lithuanian news website "15min" it seems that a Lithuanian company exporting timber to China was refused to unload at a Chinese port. Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” 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... Continue reading
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Lithuanian timber exports to China blocked due to trade dispute
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. 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. As reported in the Lithuanian media, Chinese customs seemed to have removed Lithuania from its system and the goods could not be cleared in China. Also, as reported by the Lithuanian news website "15min" it seems that a Lithuanian company exporting timber to China was refused to unload at a Chinese port. Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” 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... Continue reading