Panama hopes to maintain a "respectful" relationship with the United States, even as President Donald Trump has repeated ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed a deal led by U.S. firm BlackRock to buy most of the $22.8 billion ports business of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison which includes assets along the Panama ...

One of the tycoon’s companies, which for years has run two ports on the Panama Canal, had been thrust into a broader showdown between China and the United States. So the billionaire, Li Ka-shing ...

When Hong Kong-listed conglomerate CK Hutchison announced it was selling its two port concessions on the Panama Canal to a US consortium led by New York-based giant BlackRock, the Chinese government ...

Panama's famous canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But, this important gateway for world trade is increasingly blocked. Cargo ships often have to wait weeks for passage, because water ...

China has launched a security review of a pending $22.8 billion deal involving Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison's sale of key port assets near the Panama Canal to a consortium led by U.S.

A deal for the U.S. to "reclaim" the Panama Canal is increasingly ... the Pacific through the canal. However, the canal could also be used as leverage for China in its push for Trump to alleviate ...

Earlier this month, the group of investors led by BlackRock said it would spend $22.8 billion to buy the ports of Balboa and Cristobal on either end of the Panama Canal from CK Hutchison, as well ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Cranes load a cargo ship at the Panama Canal’s Balboa Port in Panama City, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias ...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to reclaim control of the Panama Canal, which Panama took over 20 years ago under a treaty with the United States. However ...

Trump's push to regain influence over the canal has already led to economic shifts in the region. Earlier this month, a Hong Kong-based company agreed to sell its majority stake in the Panama Ports ...

The US military must work to provide options to ensure the US has full access to the Panama Canal, two US officials told Reuters on Thursday. President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he wants to ...