Des personnes en terrasse à Lisbonne (Portugal), le 23 juin 2020
26 September, U. S. Ambassador to Lisbon, George Glass (George Glass), was interviewed by the Portuguese weekly journalist KuaiBao. He spoke out against Lisbon's overreliance on China, Do not want the strategic expansion of the Sinish port to fall into the hands of the Chinese. According to the Portuguese news agency Lusa, Portuguese Foreign minister Augusto Santos Silva (Augusto Santos Silva) responded to the United States Ambassador, A decision in the national interest should be taken by the government. of Portugal
According to the same report, U.S. Ambassador to Lisbon, George Glass (George Glass), said in an interview that I really hope that Sinish port will not fall into the hands of the Chinese, and this will not happen. He also said he reminded Lisbon that the first deliveries of liquefied natural gas to the European Union in authorities ,2016 were through the Sinish port, making the port a hub for European gas and a European energy security center.
The U.S. ambassador to Lisbon, Glass, also warned that Sinish was "incredibly strategic to the United States because it was the closest deep-water port in Europe to U.S. territory.
Portugal has maintained a privileged bilateral relationship. with China since 1557, AFP journalist said
Agence France-Presse journalist reported on some of China's investment in Portugal. Agence France-Presse said that before the Trump government came to power, the United States did not insist on opposing China's investment projects in Portugal. The Sinish port Dagama container wharf investment plan does affect the current government of the United States nerve.
And in 2014, shanghai-based fosun announced that it had won a bid of 1 billion euros (8.27 billion yuan) for portugal's largest insurer, beating apollo global management, a us private-equity firm (Apollo Global Management).
China yangtze three gorges group failed in april 2019 to acquire portuguese electric power group (Energias de Portugal) because the terms of the offer were not met.
But China's comprehensive private enterprise Fosun Group increased its capital to 174.6 million euros ($185 million) to buy Millennium bcp16.7% stake in Portugal's largest listed bank, attracting US attention.
On October 19,2019, Portuguese maritime minister Anna Paula Vittorino publicly expressed his hope that China would win the Dagama container at the southern port of Sinish wharf. AFP journalist said the strategic port had forced the United States to stand in the way.
China's total investment in Portugal was estimated to be about 10 billion euros a year ago, accounting for about 3 percent of Portugal's GDP. The US ambassador came forward to urge Portugal not to rely too much on China.
