Economics
China-Austria Deal Threatens to Kill Off Tito’s Adriatic Dream
- Biggest Adriatic container port squeezed by Italian rival
- Koper port is an outsize contributor to Slovenian economy
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More than 60 years ago, Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito dreamed up a plan to end centuries of Italian supremacy over Adriatic trade. Now, Chinese money is threatening to shuffle the deck again and undercut the communist strongman’s maritime legacy.