by Dr Kai-Dieter Classen, LL.M. (Berkeley), Deputy Director of the External Affairs Division of the Hamburg Port Authority*

European State Aid Law is a topic known all too well by investment-hungry ports.

In the wake of the 'open strategic autonomy' agenda, the EU continues to ramp up its arsenal of instruments to protect the common market against unwanted or even corrosive external influences.

The latest tool is a regulation tackling subsidies attributable to states outside the EU, de facto internationalising existing state aid rules.

* This article represents the author's personal views.

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