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Hutchison’s Panama ports deal

Hutchison’s Panama ports deal
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Hutchison’s Panama ports deal. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
CK Hutchison operates two ports at either end of the Panama Canal. Photo: AP
Hong Kong politics

Fourth Beijing warning for Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison over Panama ports deal

Beijing’s offices overseeing Hong Kong affairs repost another scathing news article taking aim at company over sale to US consortium.

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Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Hutchison, government in talks to see if there’s any way out as deadline nears

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Hong Kong politics

Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison gets another Beijing warning over Panama ports sale

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Hong Kong politics

Eyebrows raised over Hong Kong’s Richard Li in Beijing, observers say

Younger son of tycoon Li Ka-shing rubbed shoulders with elites on weekend in nation’s capital, but observer says Beijing sees him as separate to controversial deal.

Richard Li (top right) is the younger son of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing. Photo: CNS
Hong Kong politics

Diving deep into CK Hutchison’s Panama ports exit

A sale by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison of its overseas ports, including two in Panama, to a BlackRock consortium continues to stir debate as to its eventual outcome. China has expressed unhappiness, suggesting the deal would hurt national interest, while CK Hutchison has said the transaction is purely commercial. In a two-part special, we speak to insiders on how the trifecta of geopolitics, the domestic politics of Panama and changes in the port business influenced CK Hutchison.

Hong Kong politics

Hutchison’s Panama ports exit inevitable: analysts

CK Hutchison has kept silent on the sale but defends the move via a column on news website using a property agent’s byline, says the agent.

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Hong Kong politics

Devil in the details of the Hutchison-BlackRock Panama ports deal

Hong Kong-based port operator has to contend with local politics and mounting pressure from US, which wants to reduce mainland Chinese influence.

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Sailors wave the China and Panama flags during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Latin American country in 2018. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong politics

City Beat | Beijing is upset, but why is it limiting criticism of Hutchison’s Panama deal?

Closer look at Beijing’s mixed ‘semi-official’ approach to voicing disapproval shows what is at stake in saga involving Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate.

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China's economic recovery

Younger son of Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing invited to Beijing global business forum

Richard Li has been invited to the China Development Forum as founder of Pacific Century Group, list of attendees seen by the Post shows.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Li may swing BlackRock deal with just 15% of minority owners’ votes

Minority shareholders are also expected to support the sale to receive a special bonus of as much as HK$25 a share, they said.

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Li Ka-shing (centre) during his final annual general meeting as the chairman of his flagship companies CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings in Hung Hom on 10 May 2018, before his retirement. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Hutchison’s Panama ports deal: everything you need to know about the saga

From scathing attacks over sell-off to a closer look at BlackRock, here are some highlights from our coverage of Hutchison’s Panama ports deal.

A cargo ship sails past the Panama Canal’s Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings on March 13. Photo: AP
Hong Kong economy

Black eye for BlackRock-Hutchison Panama ports deal? Not so easy, say experts

Legal tools to smash the sale are not really available as Hong Kong is a very free place for business, observers say.

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US-China trade war

What’s behind the pro-Beijing camp’s criticism of the Panama ports deal?

The backlash against Hutchison’s ports sell-off is designed to send a message to other Chinese firms with overseas assets, analysts say.

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Hong Kong economy

BlackRock, buyer of Hong Kong Hutchison’s Panama ports, in the spotlight

Elite US institutional investor has a significant presence in Hong Kong but has kept a studiously low profile.

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Larry Fink, the chairman and CEO of BlackRock. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong politics

Beijing offices keep up pressure on Hong Kong’s Hutchison over Panama port deal

Entrepreneurs who ‘dance with Americans’ will have no future even if they secure ‘big deal’, commentary posted by offices says.

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A cargo ship goes through the Panama Canal. Photo: AP
Hong Kong economy

Can Hong Kong’s Hutchison ride out storm over Panama ports deal after Beijing attack?

Experts say Hutchison, part of tycoon Li Ka-shing’s empire, is now caught in a dilemma and might end up being punished by both the United States and China.

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Hong Kong politics

Top Beijing office runs scathing attack on Panama deal by Hong Kong’s Hutchison

Conglomerate under fire over bombshell announcement it is selling Panama Canal port operations in deal led by US firm BlackRock.

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US-China relations

Editorial | Hutchison’s exit from Panama ports signals sad state of affairs

President Donald Trump’s boast to Congress that the US had taken the canal back dispelled any notion that the sale was purely for commercial reasons.

A view of the Balboa Port, Panama, is seen on March 4. Photo: Reuters
Li Ka-shing

S&P expresses concern about CK Hutchison’s diversification after ports sale

‘The completion of the transaction could also lead us to revisit our assessment of CKHH’s business diversification,’ S&P says.

Hong Kong politics

1 word to unpack Hutchison’s exit from Panama and other ports: geopolitics

Li Ka-shing’s company would have come under increased US scrutiny and risked fight in American court if it held on to overseas docks, sources say.

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Hong Kong economy

How Li Ka-shing turned Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison into a Panama power player

The Post revisits how firm’s port empire was built and looks ahead at what the surprise divestment means for future of world trade.

In 2000, Hutchison Ports PPC invested US$120 million in the Balboa container terminal on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. Photo: Reuters
Mergers & Acquisitions

Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison steps back from global ports amid trade war

CK Hutchison said it would sell 80 per cent of its stakes in 43 ports in 23 countries, including Panama but excluding mainland China and Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing during a news conference following a shareholders meeting in Hong Kong May 20, 2011 before his retirement from the company. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

CK Hutchison to sell unit operating near Panama Canal amid Trump pressure

Decision by Hong Kong-based conglomerate comes as US president pushes for greater control of critical trade route over concerns about China.

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Hong Kong economy

Panama audit of Hong Kong’s Hutchison aims to counter US canal narrative

‘The [Panama government] needs concrete data to counter this China is controlling the canal narrative,’ insider says.

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Flags of CK Hutchison Holdings outside Cheung Kong Centre in Central. Photo: Nora Tam
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