COSCO port operator admits overseas 'challenges' from US-China tensions

Company declines to comment on stalled CK Hutchison-BlackRock ports deal

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A view of the COSCO east pier container terminal in Piraeus, Greece, in January 2025. © Reuters

KENJI KAWASE

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.

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