US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino that US President Donald Trump has determined China’s influence threatens the Panama Canal and that immediate changes were needed or the US would act, the State Department said on Monday.
Rubio told Mulino that Trump “has made a preliminary determination that the current position of influence and control of the Chinese Communist Party over the Panama Canal area is a threat to the canal and represents a violation of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal”, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said.
The Panamanian government has vehemently denied ceding operation of the canal to China and insists it administers the canal fairly to all shipping.
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