15-03-2025, 07:37 AM
The opinion piece said the sale would result in China’s shipping and trade being curbed by the US, and that CK Hutchison should “think twice” about “what position and side they are on”.
“It is power politics packaged as a ‘business behaviour’,” stated the opinion piece. “This deal is an act of hegemony by the US, which uses its state power to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of other countries through despicable means such as coercion, pressure and inducement.”
On Thursday, it emerged that the Trump administration had called on the Pentagon to provide military options to ensure the US had full access to the Panama canal.
The US government has also proposed steep levies of up to $1.5m (£1.2m) for each port of call on Chinese-made ships coming to the US, as part of a plan to bring more ship manufacturing back to America.
In the UK, CK Hutchison is in the process of merging its mobile business 3 with Vodafone.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...nama-ports
“It is power politics packaged as a ‘business behaviour’,” stated the opinion piece. “This deal is an act of hegemony by the US, which uses its state power to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of other countries through despicable means such as coercion, pressure and inducement.”
On Thursday, it emerged that the Trump administration had called on the Pentagon to provide military options to ensure the US had full access to the Panama canal.
The US government has also proposed steep levies of up to $1.5m (£1.2m) for each port of call on Chinese-made ships coming to the US, as part of a plan to bring more ship manufacturing back to America.
In the UK, CK Hutchison is in the process of merging its mobile business 3 with Vodafone.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...nama-ports