{"id":129802,"date":"2019-10-12T05:46:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T09:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=129802"},"modified":"2019-10-12T05:48:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T09:48:17","slug":"trump-rids-major-u-s-container-port-of-chinese-communist-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=129802","title":{"rendered":"Trump Rids Major U.S. Container Port of Chinese Communist Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Judicial Watch<\/p>\n

Under a long-term deal sealed by the Obama administration, a Chinese Communist company was set to control the second-busiest container port in the United States. In an unreported Trump administration victory, the Communists are out after a drawn-out national security review forced a unit of China-based COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. (Orient Overseas Container Line\u2014OOCL) to sell the cherished container terminal business, which handles among the largest freight of imports into the U.S.<\/p>\n

It all started with a 40-year container terminal lease<\/a> between the Port of Long Beach in southern California and Hong Kong. The Obama administration proudly signed the agreement in 2012 giving China control of America\u2019s second-largest container port behind the nearby Port of Los Angeles. One of the Trump administration\u2019s first big moves was to get the Communists out of the Port of Long Beach. After a national security review and federal intervention, the Long Beach terminal business, which handles millions of containers annually, is finally being sold to an Australian company called Macquarie Infrastructure Partners. That essentially kills China\u2019s decades-long contract with the Obama administration.<\/p>\n

The deal never should have been signed in the first place considering the facility\u2019s size, significance and the national security issues associated with a hostile foreign government controlling it. The southern California port is the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade, according to its website<\/a>, and handles trade valued at more than $194 billion annually. It is one of the few ports that can accommodate the world\u2019s largest vessels and serves 140 shipping lines with connections to 217 seaports around the world. The facility encompasses 3,200 acres with 31 miles of waterfront, 10 piers,\u00a062 berths and 68 post-Panamax gantry cranes. In 2018, the Long Beach port handled more than\u00a08 million container units, achieving the busiest year in its history.<\/p>\n

Removing Chinese Communists from this essential port is a tremendous feat and a huge victory for U.S. national security. You\u2019d never know it because the media, consumed with the impeachment debacle, has ignored this important achievement. The only coverage of the finalized transfer is found in Long Beach\u2019s local newspaper, which published a brief article<\/a> omitting important background information on the Trump administration\u2019s work to take back the terminal from the Communists. The story makes it seem like a regular business transaction in which \u201ca Chinese state-owned company, reached a deal to sell the terminal, one of the busiest in the port, for $1.78 billion.\u201d\u00a0The piece also quotes the Port of Long Beach\u2019s deputy executive director saying that the transaction process was intricate and involved one of \u201cour most valuable port assets.\u201d Buried at the bottom of the article is a sentence mentioning that the U.S. government, which regulates mergers for antitrust and security reasons, stepped in and required COSCO to sell its rights to the container terminal.<\/p>\n

In the last few years China has bought cargo ports throughout the world, including in Latin America, the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Chinese-owned ports are located in Greece, Italy, Spain and other European locations. In sub-Saharan Africa there are dozens of existing or planned port projects funded or operated by China, according to a study<\/a> that highlights the threat the Chinese investments present to U.S. influence in the region. One troubling analysis<\/a> points out that \u201cCOSCO\u2019s commercial expansion has created leverage for Beijing \u2014 leverage that has already resulted in countries that host COSCO ports adopting China\u2019s position on key international issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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