Germany has blocked the Chinese acquisition of a logistics group in its biggest seaport, a decision underlining Berlin’s firmer stance against Beijing under Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
德国已阻止中资收购其最大海港的一家物流集团。这一决定凸显弗里德里希•默茨(Friedrich Merz)总理领导的德国政府采取更为坚定的对华立场。
The decision, approved by the cabinet on Wednesday, follows a review of the planned acquisition by Chinese state-owned shipping group Cosco of an 80 per cent stake in Konrad Zippel Spediteur, a medium-sized logistics group operating in the North Sea port of Hamburg.
内阁于周三批准这一决定，此前德国对中国国有航运集团中远海运(COSCO)收购在北海港口汉堡运营的中型物流集团——康拉德•齐佩尔货运代理(Konrad Zippel Spediteur) 80%股份的计划进行了审查。
The move comes as Berlin is preparing new legislation designed to tighten investment screening. It also underlines a sharpening of Germany’s posture towards China, whose cheap electric vehicles and steel products have hurt German manufacturers at home and in their traditional export markets.
此举出炉之际，柏林方面正准备出台旨在收紧投资审查的新法规。此举也凸显德国对中国的态度转向强硬，其背景是中国的廉价电动汽车和钢材产品已对德国制造商在国内及其传统出口市场的业务造成冲击。