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Panama Responds to Trump's Canal Claims
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The United States President, Donald Trump, has been advocating for the US to regain control of the Panama Canal, which is utilized by thousands of cargo ships annually. However, this assertion is met with resistance from the current administration of Panama, with President Laurentino Cortizo, also known as Mulino, asserting that the canal remains under Panamanian ownership. Meanwhile, China has explicitly stated that it does not interfere with the operations of the canal. This statement comes as a response to Trump's claims that China effectively controls the canal through its increasing presence in the surrounding area.
We didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we're taking it back.
There are no Chinese soldiers in the canal, for the love of God.
The accusations that China is running the canal are unfounded.
One cannot skip over public international law to impose criteria.
They're not making the decisions on who gets to go through the canal or not, they're not making the decisions on who gets charged, what to go through the canal? They don't own the canal. They don't own the ports.
China does not participate in the management and operation of the canal and has never interfered in the affairs of the canal.
That kind of information regarding cargo would be very useful in the event of a supply chain war.
There is an increasing geopolitical tension of economic nature between the US and China.
Neither one (none) of those terms has been violated. So, I am not sure why Mr. Trump thinks the agreement has been violated.
Any ship from any country wishing to transit the canal has the right to do so after paying a fee.
It's one of the world's leading port investors, with massive portfolios.
They have interests in 53 ports worldwide and more than 24 countries.
It's a gateway to the continent for China, both economically and diplomatically.
There is not much concrete evidence that China is using them for surveillance, but the question of the risk to national security of this type of technology is certainly a concern for many countries.
It's a clever move by Panama's authorities because they know that Hutchison Ports will comply and that the audit will most likely not reveal anything suspicious.
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sources
- 1.Le Monde
- 2.DW News
- 3.BBC
- 4.Al Jazeera
- 5.The Times of India
- 6.ABC News (Australia)
- 7.The Times
- 8.France 24
- 9.The Guardian
- 10.Agence France-Presse
- 11.Wall Street Journal
- 12.Financial Times
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.Chinese Foreign Policy
- 4.US-China Relations
- 5.Shipping industry
countries
- 1.Panama
- 2.China
- 3.United States
- 4.Hong Kong
- 5.Greenland
- 6.Colombia
- 7.Denmark
- 8.France
- 9.Switzerland
- 10.Cuba
- 11.Sweden
- 12.Canada
organizations
- 1.CK Hutchison Holdings
- 2.Panama Canal Authority
- 3.United Nations
- 4.World Economic Forum
- 5.UN Security Council
- 6.Canal+
- 7.University at Buffalo
- 8.Atlantic Council
- 9.Center for Strategic and International Studies
- 10.University of Akron
- 11.White House
- 12.Chinese Communist Party
persons
- 1.Donald Trump
- 2.José Raúl Mulino
- 3.Li Ka-Shing
- 4.Jimmy Carter
- 5.Carla Martinez Machain
- 6.Omar Torrijos
- 7.António Guterres
- 8.Jaime Troyano
- 9.Mao Ning
- 10.Stephen Wertheim
- 11.Manuel Noriega
- 12.Ilya Espino De Marotta