The war of the American Westinghouse to the French Edf
What happens between Westinghouse and Edf
On May 21, US President Joe Biden met his counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol during his visit to Seoul. A partnership in the field of small nuclear reactors was formed during the summit. The aim of course is not only to strengthen its nuclear industry, but also to counter the French, Russian and Chinese ones. This is demonstrated by the fact that the main American group in the nuclear sector – Westinghouse, together with its South Korean counterpart Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power – intend to enter into a partnership precisely to cut out the French group EDF for the construction of four nuclear power plants in Poland, for a value that is around 30 billion euros. Equally significant is the fact that the United States involved South Korea in its nuclear penetration strategy in the Polish market.
This cooperation between South Korea and Poland should not come as a surprise because the conditions were laid during the NATO summit in Madrid in which Yoon Suk-yeol made agreements with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda as the Polish minister did. of climate and environment Anna Moskwa with the Korean Lee Chang-yang during a meeting held in Warsaw. It is very likely that the solid political and military relations between the United States and Poland make the French penetration project difficult to implement. One of the reasons for this deep mistrust on the part of Poland towards France also depends on the current war in Ukraine. Let us not forget that a power that aims to have global hegemony like that of the United States is engaged on multiple political, military and economic fronts.
And precisely with regard to the commitments of the Americans, it is significant that the budget approved by the congress underlines the central importance of the Indo-Pacific. In fact, Congress has approved an allocation of 1.7 billion dollars to implement an adequate Indo-Pacific strategy and, a considerable part of this allocation, which is around 350 million dollars, will be aimed at countering Chinese influence. in the area. It is significant that it is emphasized that these loans must be aimed above all at countering the technological penetration of the communications sector by China. This means that the American strategy of opposing China at 360 °, especially in 5G technology, continues in an absolutely linear and coherent way.
Within this complex security architecture, the Taiwan question could not fail to find a place: the informal American embassy in Taipei will in fact receive 32 million dollars precisely to counter Chinese attempts. No less significant are the appropriations that the congress foresees for other Taiwanese organizations with an anti-Chinese function such as the Asia Foundation (TAF) which will have 22 million dollars to continue its cultural and educational activities on behalf of the United States government. But the United States' contrast strategy towards China does not stop at the borders of Taiwan but goes much further: it is in fact aimed at supporting anti-Chinese initiatives in Hong Kong as well as in Sri Lanka and Cambodia. Let us not forget that in Cambodia China has a naval infrastructure managed by the People's Liberation Army.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/energia/la-guerra-dellamericana-westinghouse-alla-francese-edf/ on Sat, 16 Jul 2022 07:42:38 +0000.