🚨 After #Trump threats, #HongKong firm sells stake in #PanamaCanal ports to #BlackRock group 🚨

A Hong Kong-based company announced Tues that it would sell its stake in 2 ports on the Panama Canal to a #US led consortium, apparently responding to threats from Trump over what he called Chinese influence over the critical waterway.

#geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/04/panama-canal-trump-china/
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