A comparatively marginal participation of the Chinese state-owned company Cosco in a terminal in Hamburg has been hyped up as a security risk. But the real dangers lie elsewhere.
A ship belonging to the Chinese Cosco Group is loaded at the Tollerort terminal in the port of Hamburg on Tuesday.
René Höltschi is business correspondent for the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” in Berlin.
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