Nyhetslänkar The Beijing-Baghdad oil axis – FT.com 2012-10-112012-10-11 PB 0 kommentarer Chinese oil companies have invested billions of dollars into Africa over the past decade, developing relationships with oil producing countries such as Angola, Congo and South Sudan. Now China is quietly developing another strong oil axis: Beijing-Baghdad. Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, calls it the “B&B” link, saying it involves both imports of crude oil and direct investments. In effect, China is replicating in Iraq what it has done in several African nations. The “B&B” oil link would not only be key for the oil market, but could also force a bigger political and military involvement of China in Iraq and the broader Middle East. The Beijing-Baghdad oil axis – FT.com.
