Trump complained over weekend of ‘ridiculous’ transit fees for US vessels travelling through canal
threat to reimpose US control over the Panama Canal, saying its shipping tolls aren’t inflated and that sovereignty over the waterway isn’t negotiable.
Trump’s diplomatic hardball – just less than a month before his inauguration – represents a new front in his attempt to ratchet up pressure on trading partners. After Mulino’s retort about continued Panamanian control, Trump said, “We’ll see about that!” on his Truth Social platform. And China’s influence has been growing in the region. In 2017, Panama severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan and declared that there was “only one China.”
In a post on his Facebook account later Sunday, Trump posted an image of a US-flagged vessel on a body of water with the caption “Welcome to the United States Canal!” It’s unclear what circumstances would allow Trump to invoke control over the canal, which the US built at the start of the last century before returning it to Panamanian control 25 years ago under a set of 1977 treaties signed by then President Jimmy Carter.
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