Tai, Blinken meet with Lithuanian minister amid growing tensions with China

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday met with the Lithuanian foreign minister for the second time in three months, while Secretary of State Antony Blinken twice this week offered support for the small European Union member besieged by trade restrictions imposed by China. A core tenet of the Biden administration’s foreign and trade policies has been to repair and reinvigorate relationships with allies. Doing so, the president has said, allows the U.S. to deal with strategic competitors such as...