Why does Trump want the Panama Canal?
On this episode Jonny Dymond speaks to Julie Greene, a professor of American studies at the University of Maryland, about the storied history of the Panama Canal. And the BBC’s North America business correspondent Michelle Fleury discusses the politics and economics behind the Trump administration's diplomatic pursuit of the trade route.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the assertion of the State Department that Panama “has agreed to no longer ...
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Rubio says Panama must reduce China’s influence around canal zone or face possible U.S. actionImmediately reduce what President Donald Trump says is Chinese influence over the Panama Canal area or face potential ...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio seemed to score a “win” for President Donald Trump after Panamanian leader President José ...
The Panama Canal Authority put out its own terse statement ... I find it absurd that we would have to pay fees to transit a zone that we are obligated to protect in a time of conflict.” ...
The Panamanian government had signed the agreement in 2017. Rubio had told President Mulino to reduce Chinese influence ...
“The Panama Canal is managed by the Panama Canal Authority ... known as “debt trap diplomacy,” along with its “gray zone” tactics in which military facilities are disguised as commercial ...
The State Department said Wednesday that "U.S. government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees." ...
The 1903 agreement between the U.S. and Panama granted the U.S. control of the Canal Zone, but not ownership, as Panama ...
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