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Panama Ports Deal Hits a Wall

The Trump administration’s efforts to lessen Chinese influence in the Panama Canal have reportedly hit an impasse. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Chinese government is demanding a majority stake for the Chinese shipping giant Cosco in a proposed deal to sell several ports to the U.S. ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: African Exporters Lobby U.S., While Eyeing Chinese Alternatives

Reuters reports that African exporters have embarked on a final effort to save the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade pact that gives the continent duty-free access to the U.S. market. The act will expire at the end of the month. Delegations from five African manufacturing ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Trump and Xi Could Meet After Fresh U.S.–China Diplomatic Push

Top U.S. and Chinese officials had a series of meetings, leading to predictions of a possible summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun that the U.S. doesn’t want conflict between the superpowers. ...

CK Hutchison Executive Defends Delay in Panama Ports Deal

A top executive at CK Hutchison on Thursday brushed off the delay in offloading its Panama Canal ports as "not particularly troublesome", as the Hong Kong conglomerate reported its half-year earnings. The firm in March proposed the sale of its global ...

Israeli Media Examines Trade and Tech Relations with China

We present again an excerpt from our forthcoming report on Israeli media coverage of China in 2024. This section showcases an overview of Israeli commentators’ perspectives on trade and technological relations with China. As noted in the excerpt ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

2026: Africa-China Relations in a World Shaped by North-South Geopolitics

When talking about Africa–China relations, one is always moving along a sliding scale. There are myriad interactions with Chinese entities that concern only individual African countries, segueing into trends affecting the whole continent and sliding further into global dynamics shaping the developing world, of which Africa is the heart.

The Africa-China relationship is its own thing, but Africa’s fate can’t easily be separated from factors affecting the wider Global South, ...

Colombia Moves to Boost Trade With China Amid Tensions With U.S.

Colombia, whose president crossed swords with U.S. President Donald Trump on accepting deportation flights, announced plans on Thursday to strengthen ties with China by adding a new shipping route to Shanghai. Colombia's commerce ministry said the new route would take ships ...

U.S. Urges Vigilance on Chinese Investment as Xi Opens Peru Port

The United States on Thursday called on Latin American nations to be vigilant about Chinese investment as President Xi Jinping inaugurated a major port in Peru. Xi, in Peru alongside US President Joe Biden for the APEC summit, was opening the ...

Peru’s Pivot to China is a Major Setback for the United States

There was a brief moment earlier this year when it looked like the United States was going to succeed in its effort to put some distance between Peru and China. U.S. diplomats had lobbied hard behind the scenes to get the Peruvian government to reassess the ...

Chinese Firms Branch Out from Relying on Development Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Rebecca Ray In 2023, China’s two most active development finance institutions (DFIs) – the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China – committed just $1.3 billion in new sovereign finance to Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Chinese Premier Li Qiang Said Beijing Will Assist Sri Lanka in Its Debt Restructuring Process

Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang provided fresh assurances on Tuesday to his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena that Beijing will assist Colombo in its debt restructuring process. Gunawardena is visiting Beijing this week and raised the issue of Sri Lanka's $7.1 billion outstanding loans owed to Chinese creditors. 

COSCO Halts Shipments to Israel in Response to Red Sea Attacks, Chinese Diplomats Renew Calls for Ceasefire

China's state-owned shipping giant COSCO will halt all operations in-and-out of Israel in response to the worsening security situation in the Red Seas, according to Israeli news site Globes. Sunday's announcement by the company is a major setback for the ...

Chinese Military Construction Resumes in UAE: U.S. Intelligence

U.S. intelligence sources say construction has resumed on a suspected Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates, reports the Washington Post. The allegations form part of a recent leak of classified documents on the social media site Discord. The Discord leaks ...
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