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The world situation remains a mess – chaos on a stick!

Cosco’s planned investment in HHLA’s Tollerort Terminal in Hamburg has somehow become a political hot potato, and instead of discussing a large, loyal client’s investment for the long-term in the smallest of the port’s terminals, it has transformed into a debate about dependency on China with the now usual parallels being drawn to European energy dependence on Russia.

The UK government collapsed (again) last week with the extraordinary prospect of a ...