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The general industrial/infrastructure landscape in Europe has changed a lot after 2008, the effects of that crisis gave China a chance to reach and establish it
by goliatone 6y ago
The general industrial/infrastructure landscape in Europe has changed a lot after 2008, the effects of that crisis gave China a chance to reach and establish itself in many places/industries that pre-crisis were out of reach to them for “national security” or whatever reasons.
See [1] for a bad article with a few interesting leads as a way to find out more but basically Chinese capital realized that made in China has a reputation problem and have bought italian brands and manufacturing businesses. I’m not suggesting that is nefarious but I am saying that is worth to learn more.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-sweatshop-insight-idUSBRE9BS04D20131229 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-sweatshop-insight-i...