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The EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warned Tuesday that Chinese regulations governing the transfer of data out of the country, including a revised anti-espionage law, could have "unintended consequences". "This may be an issue of systemic concern and it may affect all internationally active companies, not only European companies but also Chinese companies," he said. SOUNDBITE
The EU's three Baltic countries will summon China's envoys to explain remarks by Beijing's ambassador in Paris questioning the sovereignty of ex-Soviet nations, Lithuania's foreign minister says. Gabrielius Landsbergis says the diplomats would be asked to explain if the "Chinese position has changed on independence and to remind them that we're not post-Soviet countries but we're the countries that were illegally occupied by Soviet Union." SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says she has warned China that supplying arms to Russia would "significantly harm" relations, following Western claims that Beijing was mulling material support for Moscow's war in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
"As we made clear last week, if China threatens our sovereignty we will act to protect our country and we did," US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union speech. SOUNDBITE
Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, warns China that supporting "Russia's ability to wage war" in Ukraine "would lead to a major reputational reputational damage". SOUNDBITE
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