A consortium led by BlackRock will take control of two key ports on the Panama Canal as part of a $23 billion deal, which Donald Trump claims as a foreign policy victory. The deal involves 43 ports in 23 countries, excluding China and Hong Kong. Despite political claims about Chinese influence, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino rejected these assertions, and the sale was described as a commercial transaction by CK Hutchison's Frank Sixt. Teljes cikk (Euronews.com)