Closure of Poland’s Border with Belarus Derails €25 Billion Chinese Export Route
www.kyivpost.com
China is pressuring Poland to reopen its border with Belarus after the closure froze a €25B rail freight link to the EU, just as Trump urges Europe to raise tariffs on Beijing.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/42433145

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Poland took the decision to close its frontier with Moscow-allied Belarus ahead of joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises, codenamed Zapad 2025, which started on Friday.

Following last week’s Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace, officials said the border closure would be in force until further notice. Three freight rail crossings, one for cars and another for trucks have been shut.

The freezing of rail routes, especially, are expected to have an impact on Chinese imports to the EU, given that 90% of rail freight between China and the bloc passes through Poland.

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