彭博亚洲晚报-李面临中国反弹 .pdfVIP

Therewasnevera

questionthatCKHutchison’ssaleofitsPanamaCanal

portassetstoa

BlackRock-ledconsortium

might

facebacklashfromChina.

Thedealhelpeditsowner,HongKongbillionaireLiKa-shing,

escapethe

glareoftheUSPresidentDonaldTrump

who’d

threatenedtotakeoverthe

PanamaCanalandfalselyclaimedthatChinaoperatesthewaterway.Sure

enough,

Li’sdecisiontopursuethesalewithoutseekingBeijing’sapproval

irked

China.Now,

Beijingofficialshave

told

state-ownedfirmstoholdoff

onanynewdealswithbusinesseslinkedto

Li

andhisfamily,accordingto

peoplefamiliarwiththematter.There’slikelylittlethatChinese

authoritiescandotoblock

thedeal,andLihasbeenreducinghisgroup’s

exposuretoGreaterChinafordecades.Still,it’sareminderofthe

balancingactrequiredof

businessesintheregionseekingtoprotecttheir

interestsbystaying

outofTrump’scrosshairswhile

facing

demandsfrom

Beijing.

—RitsukoAndo

毫⽆疑问，长江和记将其巴拿马运河港⼜资产出售给贝莱德牵头的财团可能

会遭到中国的强烈反对。这笔交易帮助其所有者、⾹港亿万富翁李嘉诚避开

了美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的关注，后者曾威胁要接管巴拿马运河，并谎称

中国经营这条⽔道。果然，李嘉诚决定在未征得北京批准的情况下进⾏出

售，这激怒了中国。据知情⼈⼠透露，现在北京官员已要求国有企业暂缓与

与李嘉诚及其家族有关联的企业达成任何新交易。中国当局可能⼏乎⽆法阻

⽌这笔交易，⽽且李嘉诚⼏⼗年来⼀直在减少其集团在⼤中华区的曝光率。

不过，这提醒⼈们，该地区的企业需要采取平衡⾏动，既要避免成为特朗普

的攻击⽬标，又要⾯对北京的要求，从⽽保护⾃⼰的利益。—安藤律⼦

WhatYouNeedtoKnowToday

今⽇必知

Aftersigninganorderimposing

a25%tariffonautoimports,

Trump

suggestedfurtherlevies

ontheEuropeanUnionandCanadaiftheyworked

together“todoeconomicharm”totheUS.

Inalate-nightTruthSocial

post,Trumpsaid

tariffs“farlargerthancurrentlyplanned”couldbeplaced

onthem,escalatingatradewardesignedtobringmoremanufacturingjobs

totheUS.Trump’slatestcommentscomeafterCanadianPrimeMinister

MarkCarneyvisitedFranceandtheUKlastweek

topitcha

closeralliance

withEuropeanallies.

在签署对汽车进⼜征收25%关税的订单后，特朗普表⽰，如果欧盟和加拿

⼤联⼿对美国“造成经济伤害”，将进⼀步征收关税。在深夜的“真实社交”帖

⼦中，特朗普表⽰，可能对它们征收“远⼤于⽬前计划”的关税，升级旨在将

更多制造业⼯作带到美国的贸易