📰 **The Iran war has turned the world’s shipping straits into a chessboard—and the U.S. aims to box out China from the Panama Canal to the Malacca Strait**

As the war over the Strait of Hormuz wages on, the U.S. is quietly gaining more influence over the Panama Canal and the straits of Malacca and Gibraltar.

🔗 https://fortune.com/2026/05/02/us-cold-war-china-iran-strait-hormuz-piece-larger-puzzle/

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