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U.S. investment firm BlackRock announced it is purchasing most of a Chinese company's stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal.

Economists believe that meeting the target will be challenging as Beijing grapples with Donald Trump’s new trade war
China has set its GDP target for 2025 at “around 5%”, a figure which was unveiled by Premier Li Qiang at the opening session of the (NPC) in Beijing on Wednesday.
Li announced the growth target in the annual government work report, which also outlined plans to stabilise economic growth by boosting domestic demand and creating 12m new urban jobs.

The annual political gathering begins this week in Beijing, with the economy, tech and Donald Trump’s trade war high on the agenda
China’s annual Two Sessions meetings begins this week, with thousands of political and community delegates descending on Beijing from across mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau to ratify legislation, personnel changes and the budget over about two weeks of highly choreographed meetings.

As China’s government worries about the falling birthrate, some private employers have ordered workers to do their part, or else.

A key meeting has begun to revive China's lagging economy, which is now facing a trade war with the US.

The BBC's Stephen McDonell breaks down what to look out for as China's leaders meet this week.

President Trump has offered a mix of reasons for upending global trade relations, baffling and angering America’s biggest trading partners.

BlackRock will buy two ports after Trump's interest in taking back control of the key shipping route.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada warned that the Trump administration’s tariffs were leading to a trade war. Mexico’s leader vowed to impose countermeasures on Sunday.

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Donald Trump has threatened to cut off funding to universities that allow “illegal protests”, and expel or deport students involved.
Writing on Truth Social, the president said:
All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
This is absurdly dishonest.
I don’t even mention the UK or France in the clip, both of whom have fought bravely alongside the US over the last 20 years, and beyond.
But let’s be direct: there are many countries who are volunteering (privately or publicly) support who have neither the battlefield experience nor the military equipment to do anything meaningful.

Deal with US finance giant BlackRock, valued at almost $23bn, comes amid push to curb perceived China influence
CK Hutchison Holdings, the -based logistics giant, announced plans to sell a majority stake in a business that controls ports in Panama to investors including the US financial giant BlackRock in a deal worth almost $23bn.
The sale of a 90% interest in Panama Ports Company, which holds the contract to run the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal until 2047, is part of a wider deal for Hutchison Port’s global business. The deal comes at a time Donald Trump has piled on pressure to end what he sees as China’s influence and control over the Panama canal.

China's Ministry of Commerce said it added 15 American companies to an export-control list and expanded the number of U.S. firms on its “unreliable entity” list. Several U.S. defense-technology ...