The plan was for a group led by the U.S. firm BlackRock to buy them. But Beijing is unhappy and is scrutinizing the deal.

The Panamanian government is resisting the whims of the head of the Pentagon to establish American bases there. Businessman ...

CK Hutchison should “take responsibility for its own mistake” over its overseas ports deal, which includes 2 at the Panama ...

HONG KONG - A subsidiary of a Hong Kong conglomerate that is embroiled in U.S.-China tensions over its Panama Canal port assets denied allegations Wednesday that it had failed to pay about $1.2 ...

The notion that the Panama Canal is under China’s influence is ... which intensified after Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings revealed plans on March 4 to ...

China's top official in charge of Hong Kong affairs has hinted that a Hong Kong-based conglomerate should review its plan to sell its port assets near the Panama Canal to a consortium that includes a ...

Italian tycoon Gianluigi Aponte’s family-run business – not BlackRock – will be the lead investor of a group trying to buy 43 ...

BlackRock, which is seeking to buy 43 ports from Hong Kong company CK Hutchison Holdings, intends to take control of only two strategic ports on the Panama Canal, while MSC-controlled Terminal ...

The Panama Canal helps all U.S. farmers engage in global ... Yet President Trump’s remarks also contained elements of truth. A Hong Kong-based company operates a couple of the canal’s ports.

Panama City: On 10 April 2025, the United States and Panama signed a security agreement allowing US military personnel to deploy to bases along the Panama Canal. The deal, seen by AFP, marks a ...