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Panama High Court Gives Trump a Win Over Canal by Ousting Hong Kong Port Operator
WSJ ^ | Jan 30, 2025

Posted on 01/30/2026 9:42:35 AM PST by 11th_VA

The Supreme Court of Panama has annulled a contract for a Hong Kong company to operate two ports at either end of the Panama Canal, handing President Trump a victory for his security ambitions in the Western Hemisphere and denting China’s influence in the region.

The high court said the terms under which CK Hutchison runs the ports of Balboa on the Pacific Coast and Cristobal on the Atlantic side were unconstitutional… (subscription required)

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TOPICS: China; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicoms; china; freight; hongkong; panama; port; shipping

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1 posted on 01/30/2026 9:42:35 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Good!


2 posted on 01/30/2026 9:43:49 AM PST by NavyShoe
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To: 11th_VA
A toast!


3 posted on 01/30/2026 9:44:33 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: 11th_VA

Excellent news!


4 posted on 01/30/2026 9:54:21 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: SuperLuminal

Indubitably!
8)


5 posted on 01/30/2026 9:56:52 AM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There's maybe a little bit )
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To: 11th_VA

This is what I voted for.


6 posted on 01/30/2026 10:04:06 AM PST by simpson96
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To: 11th_VA

Ruling does not mean vacating.


7 posted on 01/30/2026 11:27:12 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: 11th_VA

It’s taking a lot of time and costing a lot of money to undo the damage that the RATs did with Carter.


8 posted on 01/30/2026 11:47:02 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: 11th_VA

wonderful!
allowing communists to control the panama canal was, imho, an act of treason


9 posted on 01/30/2026 12:01:09 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: 11th_VA

“A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!”


10 posted on 01/30/2026 2:40:37 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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