WASHINGTON, Jan 8 US Trade Representative Catherine Ty has expressed her willingness to work with the European Union and its members to counter the diplomatic and economic oppression of Lithuania by China, Tai's office said following a conversation with the Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis. Relations between Lithuania and China deteriorated after the official representation of Taiwan was opened in Vilnius. «US Trade Representative Catherine Tai … expressed strong United States support for the EU and Lithuania in the face of economic coercion from the People's Republic of China Ambassador Tai stressed the importance of working with the European Union and member states in various formats, including the US-EU Trade and Technology Council, to counter the practice diplomatic and economic coercion, «- said in a press release. The United States expresses concern reports that the customs authorities of the PRC do not allow Lithuanian goods or goods with Lithuanian components into the countries, and also reject import applications from Lithuania. Dombrovskis previously said that Chinese restrictions affect goods from other EU countries. 
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