Are these people crazy?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/nato-chinese-owned-infrastructure-europe/index.html NATO allies are discussing reclaiming some Chinese-owned infrastructure in EuropeKayla Tausche Kylie Atwood
By Kayla Tausche and Kylie Atwood, CNN
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Published 2:41 PM EDT, Thu July 11, 2024
From rail lines connecting Eastern Europe to China, to ports located in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, China has funded tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure investments under its Belt & Road Initiative, which European nations began signing onto in 2013.
A NATO official said that if a war erupted, the infrastructure “would almost certainly be nationalized, or nations would temporarily assume operating control, under emergency security measures. China can sue them in court after the fact.”
US officials see a precedent for such takeovers or sales in moves by European nations to force Russia to sell assets in the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. For more than a year, Finland repeatedly blocked the business of Helsinki Shipyard – a producer of ice-breaking ships once owned by a Russian entity – until Russia in late 2023 sold the company to an entity based in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qBQUB3bMRIECONOMIC WAR: NATO Threatens to Nationalize Assets Owned by China the EU
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