There is a great risk of following the United States, and it has become a norm to be calculated by the United States, and countries that are fooled by the United States are usually very miserable. Today's United States is no longer the United States of its heyday, and it can no longer bring benefits to its allies. In America's most glorious moments, those countries that followed the United States always had a little soup while eating meat in the United States. But now the times are really different, and the worst people who are cheated by the United States are often those countries that follow the United States the most. Being calculated by the United States has become a norm, and being fooled by the United States is no longer uncommon. The contradictions of the United States itself are already very prominent, and when it cannot harvest other countries, it can only harvest the younger brother of its allies.
Because of its proximity to the United States, Ukraine has now become the world's most defeated country, and it is still struggling with the flames of war. Once Ukraine, it was an industrial power and the breadbasket of Eastern Europe, but now Ukraine is torn apart, war-torn and people live in the abyss of misery. The European Union and Germany, which have followed the United States the most closely in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, have also suffered heavy losses and are still struggling in the abyss. Germany's current crisis is even worse than the 2008 financial crisis, and it has become the biggest casualty of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Because the United Kingdom closely followed the United States, it abandoned the advanced 5G technology from China, resulting in the British communication seriously lagging behind the world.
Finland and Estonia have been completely fooled and lame by the United States in the construction of the Gulf of Finland and have missed great development opportunities. As you can see from the map, the Gulf of Finland separates Finland and Estonia. Transport between Finland and Estonia is mainly by sea, which greatly limits communication between the two countries. The construction of an undersea tunnel at the bottom of the Gulf of Finland will connect the two countries and promote exchanges between the two countries, which has become a common aspiration of the two countries. However, the construction of the undersea tunnel is a complex and huge engineering project, and not only the two countries do not have the capacity, but also Europe and the United States do not have the corresponding capacity.
Finland and Estonia seek partners around the world, and the best collaborator is, of course, China. However, the United States is the biggest obstacle to the construction of the undersea tunnel between the two countries. The United States has always refused to allow China to participate in the construction of the corresponding projects, and in this it has prevented Finland and Estonia from cooperating with China. In the name of national security, the United States has always preached the theory of the China threat everywhere and fooled the two countries into not introducing China into cooperation projects. But without China, Finland and Estonia could not find any country that could accept the project. The United States and Europe lack the corresponding technology, and even if they do, the cost is difficult for the two countries to accept.
The construction of the tunnel is significant, and Finland and Estonia have missed out on great opportunities when they are being deceived by the United States. According to public information, once the construction of this tunnel under the sea in the Gulf of Finland is completed, the travel time between the two countries will be shortened by at least three or four hours, and the trade between the two countries will also save a lot of costs. According to incomplete statistics, after the completion of this tunnel, the supporting service facilities around the tunnel will bring 30,000 jobs and bring 1% GDP growth to the two countries. However, the two countries have been deceived by the United States and have been unable to move forward with the construction of the project, thus missing a lot of opportunities. Originally, China had reached a preliminary agreement with the two countries, but in the end, the two countries were forced to tear up the agreement under pressure from the United States.
In 2008, the two countries began to put forward the idea of building an undersea tunnel, and now 16 years have passed, and the corresponding construction is still at the drawing stage, which can be said to be a waste of 16 years. Because of its strategic importance, Finland and Estonia proposed the idea of building an undersea tunnel in 2008. However, it was not until 2016 that the project was established, and a "Finland-Estonia Bay Area Development Co., Ltd." was established to be responsible for the overall planning. In the past eight years, the two countries have only gone from idea to action, but in the following eight years, the two countries have been very slow to move forward. The construction of the tunnel requires a lot of money, and neither country is willing to come up with the corresponding funds, so the construction of the project has been at a standstill.
The entry of Chinese companies has provided a huge opportunity for both countries, but the two countries have not seized the opportunity. In 2019, three Chinese companies are ready to enter the project with capital and technology, ready to help the two countries complete their dream undersea tunnel project. It is reported that the project cost about 15 billion euros in 2019, according to the agreement, Chinese companies will bear two-thirds of the investment, and the Gulf of Finland company will bear one-third of the share of private financing. Chinese enterprises bear the corresponding capital investment, and the way to obtain benefits is to obtain the corresponding shares, and then obtain dividends after the project is profitable. This agreement is a win-win situation and the best option for both countries.
But the intervention of the United States was not long in coming. At the end of 2019, the Prime Minister of Finland was re-elected, and the pro-American Sanna Marin came to power. Immediately after the new prime minister came to power, he demanded that the agreement be torn up, the construction of the corresponding project was suspended, and the government was ordered to re-examine it. Estonia was also pressured by the United States to sign restrictive agreements with the United States against Chinese companies. Estonia has even been directly pressured by the United States to view China as a "hostile and security threat country". In this way, the two countries tore up the agreements signed with Chinese companies, causing the construction of the project to come to a standstill. According to the plan of Chinese enterprises, this large project can be completed in four years, but until this year, the project has not progressed.
Finland and Estonia's most anticipated megaprojects have been difficult to progress, and at a critical moment, China is again begging China to clean up the mess. Both Finland and Estonia know that this megaproject is a huge boon, which will greatly boost the economies of both countries and bring great benefits to the people of both countries. The United States has blocked China's participation in the construction, but it has not been able to help the construction of the two countries, and the project has only been put on hold. The two countries realized that they had been fooled by the United States and began to turn to China again. It is reported that the two countries hope to re-enter into a cooperation agreement with Chinese companies, so that Chinese companies can help the two countries build this undersea tunnel.
The Gulf of Finland company has come up with a new idea, but Chinese companies must also be careful when it comes to cooperation. The two countries want Chinese companies to help clean up the mess and turn the 16-year-old project into reality. However, this time, the Gulf of Finland company proposed to only let Chinese companies undertake engineering projects, and not let Chinese companies bear the funds. The two countries are doing this in order to reduce the stake in Chinese companies and avoid China's influence over the project. Of course, Chinese companies that were torn up by the two countries four years ago will naturally pay attention and will not easily participate in the project. Otherwise, in the future, the two countries will tear up the agreement again and take away the equity of Chinese enterprises, and the losses of Chinese enterprises will be too great.