The canal’s two biggest ports are operated by a Hong Kong company with global reach. The Trump administration sees a Chinese ...

HONG KONG – US President Donald Trump’s claim that China controls the Panama Canal has placed a Hong Kong tycoon and his conglomerate at the heart of a showdown between the US and China.

Panama’s audit of a Hong Kong company, which operates ports at both ends of the country’s canal, aims to provide a robust framework to counter US President Donald Trump’s claims that China ...

The Hong Kong-owned operator PPC, however, does not control access to the Panama Canal. Workers at their two ports load and unload containers onto ships and supply them with fuel, while the canal ...

Two Panamanian lawyers filed a complaint Monday to cancel the concession of a Hong Kong-based company for operating two ports on the Panama Canal, following US President Donald Trump’s threats ...

Hong Kong CNN — Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding ...

Panamanian officials last month also launched an audit of the Hong Kong-owned firm that operates two ports at either end the canal. Chinese companies have become increasingly caught in the ...

On Wednesday night, the State Department issued ... that the Chinese government has control of the canal. Panama Ports, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, operates two ...

On Wednesday night, the State Department posted ... Port facilities at both ends of the canal are operated by a Hong Kong-based company. Panama has begun an audit of those installations.

Panama has launched comprehensive audits of both ports operated by Hong Kong-based Hutchison. These facilities, strategic anchors at each end of the canal, have long symbolized China’s ...