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Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US

  • Written by Carla Martinez Machain, Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the USA Chinese container ship sails near the Cocoli locks on the Panama Canal.Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has in recent days repeatedly denounced what he sees as China’s outsized influence on the Panama Canal – the crucial maritime passageway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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