The Trump administration has a new European target in its crosshairs: China’s state ownership of Piraeus port in Greece.
“It is unfortunate, but I think there’s ways around it, that something could be worked out, whether you pursue a path of enhancing output in other areas or perhaps that Piraeus could be for sale,” the U.S. ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, said in an interview with local outlet Antenna TV.
China invested heavily in debt-ridden Greece during the country’s lengthy economic crisis, with the goal of making it a hub for Chinese exports. Athens actively courted Beijing as companies from other Western countries turned away from Greece, spooked by its financial woes and infamous bureaucracy.
The US could’ve supported Greece instead of China. China did so for the advantages that a Mediterranean port gives them. I doubt they’d give it up easily at all. This is a simpleton’s stance that Guilfoyle has and the US has lost any advantages they had on the world’s stage. Maybe they could try and pay off their debt to China. But then, having Greece screw over China is more apropo for trumps regime.
that apparently didn’t worked out so great for the Dutch