BlackRock to purchase main stake in Chinese-owned Panama Canal ports
U.S. investment firm BlackRock announced it is purchasing most of a Chinese company's stake in two key ports on the Panama ...
US port fees on China vessels would affect all shipping firms, CMA CGM says
U.S. proposals to hit Chinese vessels with high port fees would have a major impact on all firms in a container shipping ...
BlackRock strikes $23 billion deal to place Panama Canal ports under American control
Hong Kong-based conglomerate has agreed to sell shares of its units that operate two key ports in Panama to BlackRock ...
Beyond Panama Canal, Trump stares at China’s growing influence in Latin America
China has displaced the US as the top trading partner in most of Latin America’s 33 nations. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hong Kong firm sells major Panama Canal ports to US firm after Trump pressure
The sale is "wholly unrelated to recent political news", a managing director said but was welcomed by President Donald Trump ...
Mapping China’s influence around the Panama Canal
President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to take back the waterway to block what he sees as Beijing’s increasing ...
BlackRock to take control of ports in Panama Canal from Hong Kong firm as US worries over ...
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with a portfolio of investments valued at $11.5 trillion, has agreed to purchase majority stakes in ports on both sides of the Panama Canal from Hong ...