The latest figure shows Lithuania’s exports hit a ten-year high in 2021, despite the diplomatic and economic retaliation the country has suffered from China for maintaining friendly relations with Taiwan. On Feb. 13, Lithuanian state broadcaster LRT (Lietuvos radijas ir televizija) cited statistical data analysis by Enterprise Lithuania, the government’s business promotion agency, as saying in 2021, Lithuanian exports increased significantly, unaffected by the ongoing COVID epidemic, geopolitics tension, and China’s crackdown, with merchandise exports growing 20.5 percent (excluding oil, up 16.4 percent) from the year prior. “Their operating results were among the best in a decade. … Lithuanian exporters have adapted to the challenging geopolitical and economic environment,” said Jonė Kalendienė, head of Enterprise Lithuania’s Research and Analysis Division, in a press release. She added that exports of Lithuanian-origin goods had the greatest impact on the overall growth of goods, with the annual growth rate of manufactured goods exports …