European Union ↔ Lithuania

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Lithuania is a member state of the European Union, as evidenced by the EU's development of the Anti-Coercion Instrument to protect Lithuania from economic targeting [1], [2]. Furthermore, Lithuania is explicitly listed alongside other European nations as having adopted an Indo-Pacific strategy aligned with the broader European Union framework [3] and participates in EU-wide policy initiatives regarding dual-use export controls [4].

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Quest for Strategic Autonomy? Europe Grapples with the US - China ... realinstitutoelcano.org Real Instituto Elcano 3 facts

claimAustria, France, Denmark, Lithuania, Spain, and Italy support strengthening dual-use export control frameworks within the European Union.

claimSeveral European countries have adopted formal Indo-Pacific strategies, including France (2018, updated 2020), Germany (2020), the Netherlands (2020), the European Union (2021), Czechia (2022), Lithuania (2023), and Sweden (2024).

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 Eugenia Baroncelli · Global Policy Journal 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.