Reuters: US Plans To Undermine China's Control Over World Ports

• 16.09.2025, 22:38

U.S. authorities view Chinese investment in the world's ports as a huge threat to national security.

The administration of US President Donald Trump intends to weaken China's global network of ports and transfer more strategic terminals under Western control. About it writes Reuters with reference to its own sources.

According to the agency's interlocutors, representatives of the Trump administration believe that the US merchant fleet is ill-equipped to provide logistical support to the army in time of war. Washington's dependence on foreign ships and ports is excessive.

The White House is considering options including backing private U.S. or Western firms to buy Chinese shares in ports. The deal by investment firm BlackRock to buy port assets of Hong Kong's CK Hutchison in 23 countries, including the Panama Canal, is cited as an example.

Sources said that besides Panama, U.S. officials and lawmakers are concerned about Chinese ownership of maritime infrastructure, particularly in Greece, Spain, the Caribbean and U.S. West Coast ports.

"The concern is that China could use its control of these assets for espionage, military advantage or to disrupt supply chains