Beijing warns Central American country will pay ‘heavy price’ after top court ruled to kick out conglomerate from terminals
Ruling comes after Donald Trump’s vow to ‘take back control’ of shipping lane and reassert US influence in the region
BlackRock and shipping group MSC consider walking away from talks
President Mulino under pressure from strikers who shut down the economy in 2023, as fruit giant Chiquita shutters operations
Operator says purchase of Hutchison assets poses risk to waterway’s compliance with US treaty with Central American nation
CK Hutchison’s $23bn sale has raised worries of MSC’s increased control of global port infrastructure
MSC and BlackRock-led consortium behind $23bn deal holds talks with Beijing regulator ahead of expected review
Chinese president offers greater co-operation with Latin American countries
Washington has extracted concessions, but now needs to give something back
Move comes hours before visit by Pete Hegseth as US raises pressure over Chinese influence on waterway
First Quantum decision suggests movement to resolve investor dispute with Central American government
First official response by Beijing adds to uncertainty over geopolitically sensitive transaction
The landscape designer finds peace in the lush vegetation and plazas of his Central American hometown
Shares hit by commentary saying $22.8bn deal with US asset manager BlackRock ‘disregards national interests’
How Li Ka-shing, Larry Fink and Adebayo Ogunlesi struck a $22.8bn ports deal within weeks
Deal worth $22.8bn involves sale of bulk of those owned by Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison
The company founded by 96-year-old Li Ka-shing is caught up in Donald Trump’s complaints about China’s influence
Just as the country is battling Donald Trump’s threats over the Panama Canal, a bitter environmental feud has reopened over the future of the country’s biggest mining project
President escalates dispute with Trump administration over strategic waterway
US secretary of state Marco Rubio says Central American nation is violating canal treaty’s neutrality clause
Central American nation in ‘panic’ as US president issues threats over canal
Panamanians fear Washington’s retaliation over Chinese interests in strategic waterway
US president says he wants to take back waterway over alleged Chinese influence
The president-elect’s expansionist rhetoric is unsettling America’s allies
President-elect says he would demand vital waterway be ‘returned’ to US if it is not operated to his liking
