The Chinese Communist Party has begun playing hardball in negotiations over future control of the Panama Canal as United ...

China is pushing for state-owned ship operator Cosco to acquire a controlling stake in a $22.8 billion deal for global ports ...

Meanwhile, Hutchison continues to own and operate the Panama ports. The Trump administration had originally threatened to ...

Nearly a year after CK Hutchison agreed to sell its Panama Canal terminals, the deal is still stuck. Political pressure from China, resistance from the buyers and growing scrutiny in Panama have left ...

China has upped its demands and is now pushing for state-owned ship operator Cosco to get a controlling stake in a $22.8 ...

Beijing says it will block the $22.8 billion deal if Cosco doesn't get a higher ownership share than original buyers MSC and ...

US envoy’s coastguard visit near Panama comes as Beijing presses for Cosco control and Washington pushes back.

China is threatening to block the deal if state-owned carrier Cosco isn't awarded a majority stake in the sale, upping its ...

First came the French. A syndicate led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, the diplomat who had led construction of the Suez Canal, ...

Beijing is demanding that China's largest shipping company get a controlling stake in a deal to sell more than 40 ports to a ...

Dec. 18, 2025 – 01:42 – The Chinese Communist Party has begun playing hardball in negotiations over future control of the ...