Under pressure from the Trump administration over two ports at the Panama Canal controlled by CK Hutchison, owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing, on March 4 announced a plan to sell 43 ports in 23 countries. CK Hutchison will pocket more than $19 billion in cash proceeds.

Hong Kong's leader has waded into a controversy over a prominent conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock Inc.