TransportationCOSCO port operator admits overseas 'challenges' from US-China tensions
Company declines to comment on stalled CK Hutchison-BlackRock ports deal
A view of the COSCO east pier container terminal in Piraeus, Greece, in January 2025. © Reuters
KENJI KAWASE
August 28, 2025 22:24 JST
TOKYO -- COSCO Shipping Ports, China's major state-owned port operator, on Thursday acknowledged mounting pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy, but also stressed opportunities it sees elsewhere, especially across the so-called Global South.