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“Crazy Like a Fox” - CK Hutchison BOOTED As Panama Canal War HEATS UP

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Panama’s Supreme Court kicks China-linked CK Hutchison out of key canal ports, shaking global trade and geopolitics. The panel explains why the Panama Canal is a top national security issue, how China plays the long game, and why this is a huge win for US leverage.

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0:00.0

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0:06.8

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0:13.1

It's a new workday. Let me get to the next story here. Next year I want to get into, to me,

0:19.6

this is a top five story, maybe even higher. I know we'll get to the government shutdown, but want to get into, to me, this is a top five story, maybe even higher.

0:21.6

I know we'll get to the government shutdown.

0:24.0

But let's get into this story.

0:25.9

Okay, the story is about Panama Canal, Rob.

0:30.0

Where's the Panama Canal?

0:30.8

There it is.

0:31.7

Panama Court kicks Hong Kong's C.K. Hutchison out of Canal ports. What do you mean by that? Don't they own it?

0:41.5

They haven't sold it to Black Rock yet. And this is a financial time story. This is a very, very big

0:47.7

story. And we were at the Pentagon a couple days ago talking to some of the people that were

0:53.5

working closely with this. The stuff that we have, we can talking to some of the people that were working closely with this.

0:56.0

The stuff that we have, we can speak about some of the stuff.

0:59.0

So Panama's top court has an all-day contract for Hong Kong-based company to operate a pair of ports on the country's famous canal,

1:07.0

casting doubt over a deal to sell the terminals and boosting President Trump's effort to reassert

1:13.6

U.S. influence in the region in a unanimous ruling published late on Thursday, the Central American

1:19.0

Country Supreme Court set the concession for a unit of C.K. Hutchinson holding to run the ports

1:25.3

at either end of the Panama Canal was unconstitutional. The case

1:29.0

stems from lawsuit dating back to 2021 in a government audit in 2025, alleging irregularities.

1:38.5

The ruling will delight the U.S. president who vowed last year to take back control of the canal connecting to the

1:45.4

Pacific and the Caribbean and as criticized Chinese influence over the waterway, Kevin

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