Panama Canal

  • The impact of Trump’s Panama Canal threats on American politics

    The new Panamanian ambassador was given strict instructions as he prepared to meet then-President Donald Trump one day in 2019: Do not engage him in any substantive discussion of critical issues. This was meant to be a carefully choreographed photo op, nothing more but a brief stop on the diplomatic conveyor belt as foreign ambassadors…

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  • President-elect Trump faced the media at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday, the day after Congress had certified his victory in November’s election. The press conference came 13 days before Trump will be inaugurated, at which point he will become the only president since Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century to serve nonconsecutive terms.…

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  • Trump pledges to ‘clip China’s wings’ – take back control of Panama Canal

    Incoming US president Donald Trump on Saturday slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned to Washington. He also hinted at China’s growing influence around the canal, a worrying trend for American interests as US businesses depend on the…

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