1、CENTRE FOR EASTERN STUDIESwww.osw.waw.plOSW CommentaryThe views expressed by the authors of the papers do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Polish authorities.EDITORS:Mateusz Gniazdowski,Anna Kwiatkowska,Tomasz Strzelczyk,Szymon SztykTRANSLATION:Jim ToddDTP:Wojciech MakowskiCentre for Eastern S
2、tudiesul.Koszykowa 6a,00-564 Warsaw,Polandtel.:(+48)22 525 80 00,infoosw.waw.pl www.osw.waw.plGermany and the trade conflict between Lithuania&ChinaSebastian PciennikThe Chinese governments trade boycott of Lithuania risks causing economic losses for Germany and weakening the cohesion of the EUs com
3、mon market.However,Berlin is unlikely to take any decisive actions such as pushing through retaliation due to its huge dependence on the Chinese market,as well as differences of opinion within the government on what direction its Beijing policy should tale.Thus Germany will limit itself to diplomati
4、c efforts,counting that the actions taken at the EU level by the European Commission and the French presidency of the EU Council will be effective.In December 2021,the political dispute between Lithuania and China,which had been escalating for many months,took aturn for the worse.In response to Taiw
