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Lithuania is a member state of the European Union, as evidenced by their shared policy alignment on dual-use export controls [1] and the adoption of Indo-Pacific strategies [2]. Furthermore, the European Union developed the Anti-Coercion Instrument specifically to protect member states like Lithuania from economic coercion [3], [4], and experts in Lithuania actively analyze the relationship between national interests and European Union activities [5].
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Quest for Strategic Autonomy? Europe Grapples with the US - China ... realinstitutoelcano.org 3 facts
claimAustria, France, Denmark, Lithuania, Spain, and Italy support strengthening dual-use export control frameworks within the European Union.
claimFrance (2018, updated 2020), Germany (2020), the Netherlands (2020), the European Union (2021), Czechia (2022), Lithuania (2023), and Sweden (2024) have adopted Indo-Pacific strategies.
claimChina's coercive economic measures against Lithuania between 2021 and 2022 accelerated the European Union's adoption of the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI).
The EU's Open Strategic Autonomy and the challenge of ... globalpolicyjournal.com 1 fact
accountThe Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) was designed to protect EU Member States from economic coercion, specifically following China's economic targeting of Lithuania in 2021 after Lithuania opened a Taiwanese diplomatic mission.
Independence play: Europe's pursuit of strategic autonomy ecfr.eu 1 fact
perspectiveExperts in Estonia view European Strategic Autonomy as unnecessary and damaging to NATO, while experts in Lithuania view it as potentially delinking, duplicating, or discriminating between NATO and European Union activities.