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Panama Canal, Pentagon and military options

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.

CNN on MSN · 12h

Pentagon tasked with providing ‘military options’ to ensure US access to Panama Canal, memo says

American access to the Panama Canal, one of several new directives outlined in what amounts to a major overhaul of US strategic priorities, according to a new memo that was sent to senior leaders and reviewed by CNN.

Reuters on MSN · 10h

Pentagon asked for military options to access Panama Canal, officials say

The U.S. military must work to provide options to ensure the United States has full access to the Panama Canal, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday.

China, BlackRock and Panama

Axios on MSN · 9d

BlackRock buying two Panama Canal ports amid Trump's China threats

BlackRock on Tuesday said it agreed to acquire two ports serving the Panama Canal from Hong Kong's CK Hutchinson, as part of a larger $22.8 billion deal. Why it matters: President Trump has threatened to retake control of the Panama Canal,

CNN on MSN · 1h

China blasts ‘spineless’ plan to sell Panama Canal ports to BlackRock

China has sharply criticized a proposal to sell ports in the Panama Canal to American asset management giant BlackRock, attacking the deal as “spineless groveling” and a “betrayal” of the Chinese people.

Bloomberg on MSN · 7h

China Amplifies Rebuke of Li Ka-shing’s Panama Port Deal With BlackRock

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. shares plunged Friday after China’s top office on Hong Kong affairs reposted a sharp attack on the conglomerate’s decision to appease President Donald Trump by selling its stake in Panama ports.

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China Condemns Panama Canal Deal, Asserting a Right to Influence the Region

The Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison’s planned sale of ports in Panama to a group led by BlackRock, the American finance ...

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US firm agrees to buy Panama Canal ports at center of Trump fury

American asset management giant BlackRock has agreed to buy two ports at either end of the Panama Canal from a Hong Kong-based firm whose ownership had angered President Donald Trump. Trump said ...

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Panama Canal Fees Drop as Capacity Recovers

Fees for vessels to pass through the Panama Canal this year are 15% below last year's levels as the waterway now has more ...

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Why does Trump want Greenland and the Panama Canal? Here's what's behind U.S. interest.

President Trump repeated vows to secure U.S. control of Greenland and the Panama Canal in his speech to a joint a session of Congress on March 4. "We need Greenland for national security and even ...

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The Panama Canal is Key to Global Commerce

Perhaps the recent fuss over the Panama Canal will deliver one worthy result: U.S. Navy ships won’t have to pay a fee to move through the isthmus that divides two oceans. If that’s the outcome ...

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Panama Canal weighs pipeline to move gas, with eye on Asian clients

The Panama Canal is exploring the construction of a pipeline to move liquefied petroleum gas across the trade passage, canal ...

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Hutchison’s exit from Panama ports signals a sad state of affairs

President Donald Trump's boast to Congress that the US had taken the canal back dispelled any notion that the sale was purely for commercial reasons A false claim pushed by US President Donald Trump ...

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