Military drills near Warsaw have reportedly halted rail freight transportation, with Beijing urging calm and Brussels assessing risks
Trans-Eurasian trade faces new strain now that Poland has closed its border with Belarus, citing security concerns.
The closure disrupts a corridor which normally accounts for 90% of rail freight traffic between China and the EU, according to data published by Politico.
The decision to close the border is “related to the Russian-Belarusian ’Zapad-2025’ exercises,” the Polish foreign affairs ministry has said in a statement. The military exercises, held September 12–16, were part of regular large-scale drills…
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