Lithuania to get U.S. EXIM trade support as it faces China fury over Taiwan

(Reuters, Vilnius, 19 November 2021) Lithuania will sign a $600 million export credit agreement with the U.S. Export-Import Bank next week, Economy Minister Ausrine Armonaite told Reuters, days after China warned it would “take all necessary measures” after Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy. China demanded in August that the Baltic state withdraw its ambassador to Beijing and said it would recall China’s envoy in Vilnius after Taiwan announced its office would be called the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania.