Report Warns About Risk of China’s Europe Investments to the West

A general view of the Trieste Old Port is seen on April 2, 2019 in Trieste, Italy. The historic city of Trieste is preparing to open its new port to China, with Italy becoming the first Group-of-Seven nation to sign on to China’s “One Belt, One Road” infrastructure project. Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images

BRUSSELS—The European Union and NATO should take “robust” action, including considering sanctions, to counter the growing threat that Chinese investment poses to Western democracies, a new report has proposed.

The Alliance for Securing Democracy, a transatlantic advocacy group that is housed at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, warns that Beijing is using its economic clout to “make the world more conducive to authoritarianism.”