Between the US and China; The competition on the trade route from Asia to Europe is increasingly getting hot. Starting from India, Imec will be connected to Greece via Israel and Southern Cyprus and China’s generation road project was faced at the Piraeus Port in the Aegean. In the backstage of the European Union (EU), different savings about both routes and possible consequences of great competition are discussed. US President Donald Trump; Before sitting in the White House, Kimberly Guilfoyle, who nominated the Embassy of Athens before he was sitting in the White House, turned out to be assigned to reduce the influence of China in the region and to control the ports in question.
China’s state company
According to the information given in Kathimerini, the US wants to control the Port of Thessaloniki. Trump said that the Greek ports in the north and south of the Aegean comply with the aim of creating the Indian-Middle East-European Corridor (IMEC) to support the trade route of India, an ally against China. According to the same news, the United States is uncomfortable with the fact that Piraeus Port, the largest port of Greece and the Mediterranean in terms of passenger and container traffic, is uncomfortable with China’s hand. The US is closely monitoring the activities of the Chinese state company Cosco Shipping, the owner of the harbor.
‘Why did you give it to China?‘
Alexis Papachelas, who wrote a comprehensive article on this subject on May 19, conveyed interesting details about the period when China won the tender of Piraeus Port. Emphasizing that the US was indifferent to the harbor at that time, Papachelas gave the following information: “A few years ago, a serious researcher from a large American university from a large American university visited me on the privatization of Piraeus Port. Why did you insist on China ‘he asked. My answer was simple; ‘Because when the tender was opened, nobody really wanted.’ This was the truth itself. For a long time, neither Americans nor Europeans did not pay much attention to the ports and other infrastructures that came out of the West control. “
Warship crisis
In Kathimerini, the US administration, which the US pressed the Chinese company to leave Piraeus, is also willing to comply with the US demands of the Athens. As a matter of fact, three months ago, the Chinese warships’ demand for anchoring to Greek ports was rejected by Greece. While the competition in the Aegean is heating, India is also interested in Dedeağaç Port as part of the IMEC project.. The comment in the newspaper, Dedeağaç Port, which decreases due to the possibility of peace in Ukraine, will gain importance again with this move.
‘Head of the Dragon’
Papachelas, in his assessment of the Aegean Sea, says the following for the competition of China-ABD: “China wants to win Europe and get away from the United States. To achieve this, the American President is ready to use the harsh stance against Europe. Greece is called” the head of the dragon ‘. Greece, a strategic passage for China-EU relations, is of key importance for Chinese interests. The competition of two superpowers, thousands of miles away, may confront Greece with very difficult dilemmas. China has started to play hard in recent years and has applied a significant pressure, including Athens.. It will become more difficult in the coming years because Trump does not give importance to subtlety on such issues. “
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