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The face-off tests how far Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, is willing to go to exercise his control over business in Hong Kong.
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Chinese authorities have reacted negatively to plans by the conglomerate to sell its ports assets, while the deal was hailed by U.S. President Donald Trump who said he wants to retake control of the s...
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US Investment Firms Trapped as China Regulator Blocks Billion-Dollar Panama Canal Sale
A major business deal involving two important ports near the Panama Canal has been unexpectedly put on hold. The deal was led by a large US-based investment group and was expected to be finalized soon.
Panama Canal ports sale has been put on hold by Chinese regulators
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.
‘Who Will Come to Invest?’ China’s Attacks on Panama Canal Deal Alarm Hong Kong
Beijing’s threat to stop a tycoon’s sale of his ports business has dealmakers wondering if they can still operate without political interference.
CK Hutchison will not sign deal to sell strategic Panama ports next week, source says
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing's CK Hutchison will not sign a deal next week to sell its two port operations near the Panama Canal to a BlackRock-led group, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said,
CK Hutchison, BlackRock to Delay Signing Panama Ports Deal
Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is considering delaying the expected signing next week of a controversial deal to sell his Panama Canal ports to a consortium including BlackRock Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said.
China Holds Off Deals With Li Ka-shing After Panama Ports Deal
There was never a question that CK Hutchison’s sale of its Panama Canal port assets to a BlackRock-led consortium might face backlash from China. The deal helped its owner, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing,
As Trump Makes Panama Canal Demands, Meet The Swiss Billionaire Who Bought Two Key Ports With BlackRock
Gianluigi Aponte’s MSC has spent more than $40 billion buying everything from ships to hospitals. Then it teamed up with BlackRock to buy 43 ports from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing.
Hong Kong billionaire to sell Panama Canal ports to US firm
A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock. The sale comes after weeks of complaining by President Donald Trump that the canal is under Chinese control and that the US should take control of the major shipping route.
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Who Will Control the Panama Canal?
Panama has invested $6 billion in modernizing the Panama Canal.Trump is threatening to take it back.
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops' seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.
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Trump’s plan to take control of the Panama Canal meets resistance. Investors are spooked
Officials in Beijing and Hong Kong spoke out Tuesday against a proposal to sell ports in the Panama Canal to a consortium led by BlackRock, sending shares in the Hong Kong-based conglomerate that owns the ports plummeting. It’s unclear how regulators ...
Xi is angry: the Panama Canal deal knocks the ground out from under Beijing's feet
Chinese President Xi Jinping is angry about the plans of a Hong Kong company to sell the ports of the Panama Canal to a consortium led by the American BlackRock fund. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal,
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