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Scholz's cabinet is pushing to approve the sale of part of the port of Hamburg to China, despite opposition from 6 ministries.

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The Germans will revoke rights to the port but keep the money for themselves as soon as the anglo give them a funny look, this is an extremely bad investment and that's assuming that the anglos do not sabotage it directly, Europeans are only as trustworthy as the anglos are willing to allow, which is to say, not at all.

This has happened many times before when China invested in Galileo and Motor Sich, it would be beyond foolish to invest in fixed assets in countries that have all the incentives in the world to rip you off.
 
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Breadbox said:
The Germans will revoke rights to the port but keep the money for themselves as soon as the anglo give them a funny look, this is an extremely bad investment and that's assuming that the anglos do not sabotage it directly, Europeans are only as trustworthy as the anglos are willing to allow, which is to say, not at all.

This has happened many times before when China invested in Galileo and Motor Sich, it would be beyond foolish to invest in fixed assets in countries that have all the incentives in the world to rip you off.
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Clearly Germany need help to get their head out of the water. All the rest of the EU are pulling them from the stern, the US torpedoed them on the port side, and they scuttelled their starboard with Russian sanctions... China can throw them a buoy but they still need to grab it.
 
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Diesel Supply of Just 25 Days Poses Problem for Biden​

(Bloomberg) -- Diesel demand is surging in the US while supplies remain at the lowest seasonal level ever, according to government data released Wednesday.

The shortage of the fuel used for heating and trucking is a key worry for the Biden administration heading into winter -- and ahead of the November election. National Economic Council Director Brian Deese told Bloomberg TV Wednesday that that diesel inventories are “unacceptably low” and “all options are on the table” to build supplies and reduce retail prices.

The US is has just 25 days of diesel supply, the lowest since 2008, according to the Energy Information Administration. At the same time, the four-week rolling average of distillates supplied, a proxy for demand, rose to its highest seasonal level since 2007. While weekly demand dipped slightly, it’s still at highest point in two years amid higher trucking, farming and heating use.

The diesel crunch comes just weeks ahead of the midterm elections and has the potential to drive up prices for consumers who already view inflation and the economy as a top voting issue. Retail prices have been steadily climbing for more than two weeks. At $5.324 a gallon, they’re 50% higher than this time last year, according to AAA data.

Nationally, stockpiles have drained as refiners entered maintenance season and as Russia’s war in Ukraine tightened global supplies and limited imports. Market backwardation -- where prompt deliveries are priced at a premium over future deliveries -- has made building inventory extremely costly, feeding into a vicious cycle of tight supplies and price spikes.

In New England, where more people burn fuel for heating than anywhere else in the country, stockpiles are less than a third of typical levels for this time of year.

Some relief is on the way. At least two vessels carrying around 1 million barrels of diesel are due to arrive in New York after being diverted from their original destinations in Europe. Delta Air Line’s Trainer refinery in Pennsylvania is also returning from seasonal maintenance, which will increase regional diesel production.
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Some relief is on the way. At least two vessels carrying around 1 million barrels of diesel are due to arrive in New York after being diverted from their original destinations in Europe
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Europe is about to be found dead in a roadside ditch outside of DC this winter lmao.
 
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What do you mean by bringing up this case? Whatever happened now is on Chinese diplomatic ground. Whoever did what is accused has diplomatic immunity. Anne Sacoolas's killing happened on UK ground, she has no diplomatic immunity, merely an US citizen who is fully under UK jurisdiction at the time of the incident.

As of what would happen this time, highly likely China will not waive the diplomatic immunity, UK would have to declare persona non grata IF they pursue their charge, the diplomat will leave UK, China will expel a UK diplomat in retaliation. Both sides get equal, case over.

As much as UK can accuse Chinese diplomat's "aggression", China can accuse UK's failure in protecting diplomatic ground according to Geneva convention. Beating up the cockroach isn't nice looking, but it is Chinese right in defending own property. If those cockroaches play the game of victim, Chinese can play the game of coded law.
 
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