The Chinese government risks sending a harmful message about Hong Kong companies’ independence amid the row over the future of the Panama Canal’s ports.
A container ship during cargo operations in the Port of Cristóbal, Panama. Credit: Mariusz via Adobe Stock
While President Trump has ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese goods to 145 percent this year, Xi Jinping has been trying both to reconcile with the business community at home and to send a message overseas that China can be taken seriously as a supporter of free trade and open markets.
The Port of Cristóbal, located at the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal, is operated by CK Hutchison. Credit: Panama Maritime Authority
It is hardly a good time, then, for a row over whether Beijing i
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