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hoto: View of the port in Piraeus in Greece (Shutterstock)
Paolo Balmas explores the European Union's increasing wariness of China's huge programme for infrastructural development across Eurasia.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker's warning in his recent State of the Union speech that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the European Union (EU) should be made "with transparency, scrutiny and debate" was directed mainly towards China and its aggressive acquisition strategy in Europe. Junker's warning followed a call from German, French and Italian leaders this summer to find ways to "screen investments" from third parties and preceded an increasingly protectionist posture, which has led to the decision, on September 27, to issue an anti-dumping duty for Chinese-imported barium carbonate.
hoto: View of the port in Piraeus in Greece (Shutterstock)
Paolo Balmas explores the European Union's increasing wariness of China's huge programme for infrastructural development across Eurasia.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker's warning in his recent State of the Union speech that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the European Union (EU) should be made "with transparency, scrutiny and debate" was directed mainly towards China and its aggressive acquisition strategy in Europe. Junker's warning followed a call from German, French and Italian leaders this summer to find ways to "screen investments" from third parties and preceded an increasingly protectionist posture, which has led to the decision, on September 27, to issue an anti-dumping duty for Chinese-imported barium carbonate.
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