Markets · Trade —The trigger. Panama stripped a Hong Kong company of two ports at the ends of the Panama Canal. —The response. China began detaining ships flying Panama’s flag at its ports in record numbers. —The scale. In April alone, China held one hundred and thirty-six Panama-flagged vessels, many times the usual rate. —The […]

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