The Backstory Behind Greece's Piraeus Port
Voices of the Belt and Road Podcast: Understand the Impact of China on the World
English - September 15, 2019 03:38 - 46 minutes - 64.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBusiness Government beltandroad bri china economy finance obor Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A frank and revealing interview with Grigoris Konstantellos, Mayor of Athens Riviera, Greece. According to Grigoris, because the port is expanding with Chinese BRI investment, Athens has more jobs and more trade flows through the port. The economic benefits have been significant. The biggest benefit, however, was that coming of Chinese shipping giant Cosco broke down a very old monopoly, which was the workers' union for the port which had kept prices high and throughput low for hundreds of years prior. For more previously unreported details on the port project and BRI activities in South and Eastern Europe. Have a listen!