News / Europe needs to refocus if its transport sector wants to compete with China

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Europe needs a simple, unified message when it comes to competing with China. 

Speakers at the Poland & CEE Co-building the Belt & Road conference said the extent of competition within Europe made it harder to challenge China. 

“Take telecoms: China, and the US for that matter, has three or four providers,” said managing director of InterRail Europe, Carsten Pottharst. “We [Europe] have hundreds of telecoms providers, which puts us at a competitive disadvantage in terms of available funds for research and development.” 

And speakers believe this ...