China has held up the $23 billion sale of dozens of ports worldwide ... over CK Hutchison’s plans to sell its Panama Canal port operations — particularly because the company did not ...

A Chinese investigation has delayed a $23bn BlackRock-led deal for Panama Canal ports, escalating geopolitical tensions over the waterway.

Chinese antitrust regulators are investigating a US consortium’s deal for two ports in the Panama Canal zone, delaying the deal’s closing that was originally set for next week.

United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for America to “reclaim” the Panama Canal from what he termed ...

President Donald Trump has incorrectly claimed China controls the canal (Panama controls it, although China owns ports on both sides of the crucial maritime passage). Trump has threatened to have ...

(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama ... the port operations to an American company, right after US President Donald Trump claimed in his inaugural address that China was operating the Panama Canal and ...

The Panama Canal — used extensively by both the US and China — has reemerged as a ... In reality, CK Hutchison, the company at the heart of the port sale, is headquartered in Hong Kong ...

China said Monday it will review the planned sale of two ports near the Panama Canal by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings to a US consortium led by investment firm BlackRock. “The State ...