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Plaque at the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania, Vilnius. Taipei announced on Nov. 18,2021 it had formally opened a de facto embassy in Lithuania using the name Taiwan, a significant diplomatic departure that defied a pressure campaign by Beijing.

China Pushing German Company to Stop Using Car Components From Lithuania

The diplomatic tension between Lithuania and China is now forcing European companies to pick sides. Reports suggest that Beijing is pressuring Continental, a major car parts manufacturer from Germany, to cease using components sourced from...

In this photo illustration, the logos of the applications, Google Maps, Google and Gmail are displayed on the screen of a tablet on October 23, 2018 in Paris, France.

South Korea Curbs Google’s Abuse of Market Dominance with $177 Million Fine

According to Apple Insider, Alphabet Inc.’s Google has been fined about 207 billion Korean Won (177 million dollars) for abuse of its dominant market position in the Android operating system (OS) market. This is the...

A man checks his phone in an Apple retail store in Grand Central Terminal, January 29, 2019 in New York City. Apple is breaching EU antitrust laws by charging an effective 30 percent tax on Apple Music competitor Spotify’s positioning in its walled garden ecosystem App Store, says the European Commission

European Commission Says Apple Breaching Antitrust Laws Over Spotify Treatment

Tech giant Apple is abusing its market dominance with anticompetitive behavior in the music streaming app sector where their Apple Music thrives, according to The European Commission. The decision came after Spotify filed an antitrust...

Critics slam the EU investment deal with communist China due to the communist regime’s ongoing human rights abuses.

EU Investment Deal with Communist China Is a ‘Trojan Horse’

In December, the European Commission announced that the leaders of the EU council had agreed in principle on the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with communist China. The deal has yet to be ratified by...