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Hong Kong company wants $1.5 billion from Panama for canal ports.

Hong Kong company wants $1.5 billion from Panama for canal ports.

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August 20th, 2026

Hong Kong company wants $1.5 billion from Panama for canal ports.

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CK Hutchison said Thursday it wants more than $1.5 billion from Panama.

长江和记实业星期四说,它想从巴拿马要超过15亿美元。

The Hong Kong company said Panama broke an investment protection treaty.

这家香港公司说,巴拿马破坏了投资保护条约。

It called the port seizure a "state attack campaign" on its things.

它把港口被拿走叫做对其东西的“国家攻击行动”。

Panama's government took the Balboa and Cristobal ports in February.

巴拿马政府在二月拿走了巴尔博亚港和克里斯托瓦尔港。

The ports are at the two ends of the Panama Canal.

这两个港在巴拿马运河的两头。

Panama's Supreme Court said the agreement of CK Hutchison's subsidiary was not legal.

巴拿马最高法院说长江和记实业的子公司的协议不合法。

The ports became a big problem in U.S.-China tensions after Donald Trump came back to the White House.

唐纳德·特朗普回到白宫后,这些港口成了美中紧张关系中的大问题。

He said China was "running" the canal.

他说中国在“管理”这条运河。

Panama owns and runs the canal, but CK Hutchison's subsidiary had run the two ports since 1997.

巴拿马拥有并管理这条运河。长江和记实业的子公司从1997年起管理这两个港口。

The family of Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing, controls CK Hutchison.

香港最富有的人李嘉诚的家人控制长江和记实业。

Last year, it said it would sell its world port business for $23 billion.

去年,它说它会以230亿美元卖掉它的世界港口生意。

A group led by BlackRock would buy it.

一个由贝莱德带领的小组会买它。

That deal has not moved much because of world tensions.

因为世界紧张,那个交易没有动很多。

In March, the subsidiary asked for at least $2 billion from Panama about the takeover.

三月,子公司向巴拿马要求至少二十亿美元,关于这次收购。

CK Hutchison said Thursday's new case is about its treaty rights.

长江和记实业说,星期四的新案子是关于它的条约权利。

Those rights are different from the subsidiary's contract rights.

那些权利和子公司的合同权利不同。

In April, the subsidiary also started a legal case against Maersk about port work in Panama.

四月,子公司也对马士基开始了法律案子,关于巴拿马的港口工作。

Maersk said it did not think it was at fault.

马士基说,它不认为它有错。

August 20th, 2026

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