george w. l, a senior research fellow with the global policy institute. great to see you. thanks for that. thank you very much. ah, but a puzzling and premature. that's how china has described e u plans to hold hearings at the world trade organization on its sanctions against lithuania, blocking a dispute hearing along with another on the protection of high tech patterns. you want to get the full scoop on this with archie contributor rachel marston. well, this is a case of play stupid games of wind stupid prizes. that's what the baltic state of lithuania seems to be doing with china. and it's really costing them big time in exports. about 90 percent of which china has now blocked, including wheat and refined copper from lithuania. so that's bad news, not just for lithuanian economy, but also for the european union's. so what led to china's embargo against lithuanian products? well, it was the combination of a series of acts that would normally be difficult to explain for a country that's part of the european union. the blocks taught trading partner is china and has an offi

lugens, if you oppose that i was speaking about earlier to why george w. l. a senior research fellow at the global policy institute. he says that when it comes to, for example, who is profiting from the conflict in ukraine, he said no one and nothing is profiting mold and the u. s. military industrial complex. you repeat, the problem is a very specific problem which the americans don't really have. and the europeans are really suffering as a result of this war. and there is real war wariness among the european people, particularly as they go into this cold winter and you know, astronomical electricity prices, gas prices and everything, you know, inflation it. so sir, is economic issue in europe, but the united states, ukraine is really a freebie. i mean, it's an easy one. they can sell a lot of money off this money isn't really good. ukraine is actually going to the, the u. s. defense industry, they making out like bandits. that's where that money is going. so that's nicely boosting the america, the economy. so i don't see the incentive for the americans to c

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