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China, however, is utterly dependent on these sea-lanes, because its economic-growth model relies on southern China’s export-oriented manufacturing industries, as well as the
ports
of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou.
These pirates currently hold more than a dozen ships hostage in Somali
ports.
Because bridges, power plants, and
ports
are complicated undertakings that often require extensive feasibility studies, environmental reviews, and regulatory approvals, G20 countries are also trying to boost the number of potential projects.
According to a 2013 study by the RAND Corporation, more than 80% of Chinese aid and official financing underwrites raw material extraction and the construction of the roads, bridges, and
ports
needed to transport these resources to China.
It also enjoys a technological lead in shale-energy technologies, and it already has a vast network of pipelines, refineries, and
ports
in the energy sector that can be repurposed for shale gas and oil (though much more investment will be needed).
When Dubai
Ports
World bought Britain’s P&O Steam Navigation Company, the fact that P&O operated
ports
inside the US led to more controversy in America.
By closing loopholes, we will finally close our
ports
and markets to illegally obtained fish.
At the moment, those picked up in the Mediterranean are brought to the nearest ports, which just happen to be in Italy.
Moreover, Chinese exports sometimes would increase in the face of a slump in the volume of cargo being shipped from
ports.
On economic isolation, Africa needs help with the basics – roads and
ports
– but there is also an opportunity to “leapfrog” technology.
Large-scale capital investment will also be needed to re-equip the
ports
and to re-establish a power grid.
We are starting to identify illegal fishing vessels and bar them from our
ports.
As part of this effort, the government is authorizing further free-trade zones, and exploring the possibility of free-trade
ports
in selected locations.
We have launched a program worth more than $60 billion for highway and railway concessions, to be followed by a similar program for
ports
and airports.
They also are fighting the proposed takeover of US
ports
by a Dubai company, because they fear terrorists could gain vital intelligence from the investments.
Bush may be right on guest workers, but his controversial proposal to have a Dubai-based company run six US
ports
is a big mistake.
The transfer of potentially strategic information about
ports
into foreign and perhaps unfriendly hands clearly carries with it national security risks.
Banning the takeover, on the other hand, would mean less efficient management of the ports, since the Dubai-based company is considered a better manager than the current one.
This would mean a loss for the US, because, sooner or later, some of the efficiency gains achieved by the Dubai firm would be passed on to US
ports
in the form of higher lease payments.
But the damage inflicted by an attack might be tremendous, because
ports
are thought to be one of the few ways terrorists might smuggle nuclear weapons into the US.
Because of this, Americans can’t afford to take even the minutest of chances with their
ports
– the consequences of error being too staggering to contemplate.
Limited access to electricity means that cold storage is lacking; poorly maintained roads slow down old vehicles; and inefficient
ports
often leave food to rot on the docks.
While the government tells the troika that privatization of
ports
and municipal airports will continue, many cabinet members argue against it.
For many developing countries, high oil and food prices represent a triple threat: not only do importing countries have to pay more for grain, they have to pay more to bring it to their countries and still more to deliver it to consumers who may live a long distance from
ports.
For example, China needs access to Europe’s industrial technology to realize its economic ambitions, and it needs access to European
ports
to complete its Belt and Road Initiative.
Yet Europe is allowing itself to be effectively plundered, not least by China’s takeover of
ports
and airport facilities.
How can one blame Greece for selling
ports
to the Chinese, while Germany pursues the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, which will increase Europe’s energy dependency on Russia?
Second, and simultaneously, donors should help impoverished countries to invest in roads, ports, rural electricity, and diversified production (both agricultural and non-agricultural), in order to promote higher productivity and alternative livelihoods in the longer term.
Improved security at
ports
in Ghana and Senegal is putting a dent in illicit trade passing through those countries.
China’s ambitious initiative would provide badly needed highways, rail lines, pipelines, ports, and power plants in poor countries.
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