US pressure has forced Panama to quit China’s Belt and Road Initiative – it could set the pattern for further superpower clashes
Following Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the US needs to “ take back ” the Panama canal from Chinese control, the US ...
Maritime rivals China and Brunei vow to work together on oil and gas in disputed waters
China and Brunei have pledged to work together on oil and gas exploration in the Sea, though a Chinese analyst noted that ...
China lashes out at US ‘coercion’ after Panama declines to renew infrastructure agreement
China on lashed out at what it called U.S. “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with ...
Trump says China ‘operates’ the Panama Canal – how deep are Beijing’s ties to the key waterway?
Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...
Trump, the Panama Canal and the Hong Kong Firm at the Heart of a Showdown
The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese ...
Panama’s president denies making a deal that US ships can transit the canal for free
Panama President José Raúl Mulino has rejected the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing ...
Panama Reportedly Rethinking Deal with Canal-Adjacent Port Operator
As pressure from President Trump mounts over alleged Chinese influence over the waterway, the government may cancel its ...
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CK Hutchison: the Hong Kong firm behind Panama port operators
A sprawling business empire built by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is caught in the crossfire as the extent of Chinese ...
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Rubio presses Panama to reduce Chinese influence over its canal or face U.S. ‘measures’
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on his first foreign trip as America's top diplomat, held face-to-face talks with Mulino ...
With Panama Canal-U.S. tensions rising, ‘all options on the table,' warns Trump's top maritime official
Panama is inching closer to China, Trump’s new Federal Maritime Commission head Louis Sola tells CNBC, and ‘all options on ...
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Trump’s Trade Routes
While Trump’s schemes to impose tariffs on Chinese, Canadian, Mexican and European imports have been taken ...
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Trump’s offshore wind halt impacts European companies
Credit: fokke baarssen.Shutterstock The suspension of offshore wind leasing by incoming US President Donald Trump has significantly impacted European wind power companies. On the first day of his ...