The Chancellor’s difficult bridgin • Table.Briefings

Olaf Scholz in 2019 as Minister of Finance in Beijing at the Diaoyutai Guest House.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under domestic political pressure over his approval of the Cosco deal in Hamburg. On a visit to Beijing, on the other hand, he has considerable room for maneuver. Here, his support for Cosco will actually be to his advantage. After all, in the run-up to the G20 summit, Scholz is dependent on cooperation with Beijing to make progress on major issues such as climate protection and ending the war in Ukraine.

There is not much time on his day trip to China. Nevertheless, Chancellor Olaf Scholz must make a move in Beijing: It is the only way to ease the domestic political pressure, which once again rose significantly after he approved of the partial sale of a terminal at the Port of Hamburg.

The Chancellor’s difficult bridging attempt

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