> Either the EU responds or the EU is no longer a common market

Until Merkel is out of office, the EU isn't going to do anything to antagonise Russia or China.

> Until Merkel is out of office, the EU isn't going to do anything to antagonise Russia or China.

So until next week?

The future minister of foreign affairs Baerbock has stated that Germany will take a stronger position against China.

What that means I have no idea. I don't expect any tough measures against the increasingly aggressive and oppressive regime there.

No. China sanctioned Lithuanian goods.

It wasn't the EU official policy that opened a Taiwanese office, it was Lithuanian official policy.