Le compagnie cinesi hanno acquistato porti europei – e ora Bruxelles sta iniziando a preoccuparsi
https://www.politico.eu/article/chinese-companies-bought-up-european-ports-and-now-brussels-is-starting-to-worry/
di Ok-Somewhere9814
Le compagnie cinesi hanno acquistato porti europei – e ora Bruxelles sta iniziando a preoccuparsi
https://www.politico.eu/article/chinese-companies-bought-up-european-ports-and-now-brussels-is-starting-to-worry/
di Ok-Somewhere9814
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Solution is easy though. Nationalize or force the assets to be resold to European corporations like the Americans are trying with their branch of Tiktok.
The Troika with its rescues…
Every time China buys something it’s phrased as “they bought”. The fact that someone willingly *sold* something somehow gets omitted. In many cases it’s also a transaction approved by some governing body.
Who could have possibly foreseen that this would be an issue?
Wonder what drove the sale in the first place. There should be some safeguards in place too for such strategic utilities.
It is hard to work within international law, if a few participants ignore and abuse it.
The western world is working under the assumption that China, Russia, Iran (and now the USA) follow the rules. They don’t, their companies and individuals are directly controlled by their governments.
The real concern should be the US attempt at buying over some of those ports through the Hutchison deal. That country is openly hostile toward the EU and actively engages in undermining its democracy. No such things from China.
I don’t know why this is so controversial (just because of Trump?), for example you don’t see Google expanding in China for a reason. They are not allowed to. The same should happen in America and EU. I mean they literally do the same against us, why can’t we use the same tactics?
We will find a solution
I once sold my (now favorite) guitar. I hate the guy who bought it. How could he do this to me.
Not just Europe, in Australia it became a political issue during recent elections.
[Darwin Port’s 99-year lease to be bought back from Chinese company](https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2025-both-parties-pledge-to-end-chinese-companys-99-year-lease-on-darwin-port/6718d328-8d49-4fb6-bb4d-4453f66da9e3)
how tf u let an asian country get over a dozen of strategic ports in 1st place and then act worried…f u mfers,dont sell it…thr fact that they’re buying means they have the capital not like “our dear EU” wich is going in a decline….maybe im a dumb guy who knows shit but here in italy where i live for example chinese’s are buying everything…1 bcz they decide to sell..,2 bcz they have the capital…3bcz the state allows it…and now they decide to wake up after so many strategic ports in belgium,netherland etc are sold…complete hipocrisy.they liked the money but like to complain abt security concerns after…haha quite funny tbh :/
Doesn’t matter who owns it, Musk, a Chinese or whoever. You always need to watch and regulate closely, otherwise they will squeeze competition and harm free trade.
This is a bit misleading as chinese companies usually buys container terminals, especially the ones where the lines to china leave. If you read carefully that’s even worded correctly but put in a misleading context.
A port usually has multiple terminals. Hamburg has 5 container terminals, Rotterdam more like 10. Antwerp in the same ballpark number.
It is not uncommon that a terminal serves a group of reederies that drive a certain line for example to china.
So: Most of the ports are still owned by their port authority. Neither Antwerp nor Rotterdam is owned by the chinese. But Chinese companies, specifically COSCO likes to buy a stake in terminals that they are using in the ports they serve. But that’s too detailed for the media…)
(written by someone who is working in a port that’s considered to be bought by the chinese but its not….)
Remind my why we can’t just nationalise critical infrastructure at an EU level, cause tbh we probably should
I don’t see an issue in Chinese companies buying up ports legally. Unless they actively block Chinese domestic ports from being bought up by foreign companies. The playing field needs to be level and thats probably not the case which would make intervention from Brussels valid.