Chinese geopolitics hover over Sydney Airport bid
Chinaâs belligerent campaign to punish Australian exports seems certain to play a critical role in the $22 billion takeover of Sydney Airport, once the gateway to a burgeoning Chinese tourism industry.
Jul 8, 2021 â 10.19am
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Sydney Airport chairman David Gonskiâs quest to squeeze a higher takeover offer out of David Neal at the Sydney Aviation Alliance will be helped by talk of a Macquarie Group-led consortium making an offer.
The other big swing factor in terms of valuation of Sydney Airport is the outlook for international tourist traffic - and the key to that is China.
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