No connection between Cosco decision, Scholz's China trip - govt spokesperson

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

26/10/2022 12:29

BERLIN, Oct 26 (Reuters) - There is absolutely no
connection between a German cabinet decision to approve an
investment by China's Cosco in a terminal in Germany's largest
port and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's upcoming trip to China, said a
government spokesperson on Wednesday.
    The spokesperson said that the decision on Cosco taking a
stake in one of logistics firm HHLA's  HHFGn.DE  three terminals
in Hamburg needed to be made before the end of the month.
 
 (Reporting by Rachel More and Miranda Murray)
 ((Miranda.Murray@thomsonreuters.com;))