German Chancellor Olaf Scholz backs China, ignores government warnings in Hamburg port deal, report says
Olaf Scholz backs China, ignores government warnings in Hamburg port deal, report says
https://www.politico.eu/article/olaf-scholz-ignores-government-over-china-port-deal-cosco-shipping/
Despite calls to scrap planned Chinese investment in Hamburg, the city’s ex-mayor wants it to go ahead.
An investigation by German regional public broadcasters reported Wednesday that Scholz's chancellery is pushing to approve efforts by Chinese state-owned shipping giant Cosco to buy a foothold in a container port in Hamburg, ignoring warnings from six federal ministries, including the Greens' Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, amid fears of risky economic over-dependence on Beijing.