Panama Canal ports: reclaiming sovereignty, or US coercion against China?
A Panama court voided a China-linked firm's control of two canal ports; the government handed them to Maersk and MSC. Washington hails a win over Chinese influence; Beijing calls it US-pressured and is retaliating.
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Panama's top court ruled the CK Hutchison port concessions unconstitutional and the government reclaimed them — a move Washington casts as ending Chinese control of a waterway 'vital' to the US.
Beijing condemns the ruling as US-coerced, warns Panama will 'pay a heavy price,' backs CK Hutchison's $2bn arbitration, and has piled economic pressure on Panamanian-flagged ships.
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