Oh yeah, this is how. Quelle surprise.
Under a long-term deal sealed by the Obama administration, a Chinese Communist company was set to control the second-busiest container port in the United States.
In an unreported Trump administration victory, the Communists are out after a drawn-out national security review forced a unit of China-based COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. (Orient Overseas Container Line—OOCL) to sell the cherished container terminal business, which handles among the largest freight of imports into the U.S.
The deal never should have been signed in the first place considering the facility’s size, significance and the national security issues associated with a hostile foreign government controlling it. The southern California port is the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade, according to its website, and handles trade valued at more than $194 billion annually. It is one of the few ports that can accommodate the world’s largest vessels and serves 140 shipping lines with connections to 217 seaports around the world. The facility encompasses 3,200 acres with 31 miles of waterfront, 10 piers, 62 berths and 68 post-Panamax gantry cranes. In 2018, the Long Beach port handled more than 8 million container units, achieving the busiest year in its history.
Removing Chinese Communists from this essential port is a tremendous feat and a huge victory for U.S. national security.
There are Chinese companies that specialize in sea port operations and do so all over the world. I believe the ports at either end of the Panama Canal are run by Chinese companies. Also it was a Chinese company that proposed to build the Nicaraguan Canal. One of their companies may also run one or more large ports in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteAt one time there was a proposal to build a 10 lane highway from some port in Mexico across the Midwest to Toronto. The Chinese might have had a hand in that, too.
Over the last quarter century, we have spent thousands of lives, crippled tens of thousands of servicemen, and wasted trillions of dollars on endless, winless wars. Meanwhile, the Chinese have spent their trade profits building up their military and the New Silk Road.
It's easy to spend money like a Commie when most of your country is treated like peasants.
DeleteEven with the supposedly rich Chi-Coms, a large percentage of their population thinks a quick rice cooker is a big thing.
....but, but but Obama and members of his administration had the BEST interests of the American People at heart. Just ask Joe Biden.
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The question arises of how many children of democrat politicians had "jobs" with COSCO or OOCL as a result of Obamas treachery and corruption?
ReplyDeleteThe answer to your first question lies solely in the laps of the Clintons and Obamas.
ReplyDeleteHow else did they gets so rich?
I remember when they got it thinking the fox was guarding the hen house.
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