OAN Staff Brook Marory
3:54 pm -Wednesday, January 29, 2025
The U.S. Senate Committee heard testimonies from the Federal Maritime Committee on the increase in involvement in Panama and Chinese companies, especially in the United States options to be involved in the Panama Canal.
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President Donald Trump has pledged that the United States will eventually take the Panama Canal.
Former Democratic Party President Jimmy Carter who died on December 9ththhIn 2024 and 1977, we made a treaty with Panama. This treaty guarantees that Panama will be given the canal control since 1999.
Louis E. Sora, chairman of the Federal Maritime Committee, was wasting time during the hearing, exposing some concerns on behalf of the United States and the Trump administration.
“We need to increase the support of American companies trying to do business throughout Panama and the United States. In a listening of the Senate Commercial Committee on the Panama Canal, Sora states: Masu.
He also said, “Chinese companies were able to pursue billions of dollars in Panama's development contracts. Many of them are physical infrastructure projects, which are adjacent to the Panama Canal.”
In addition, before the hearing, Ted Cruz (R-FLA.), Chairman of the Senate Commercial Committee, said, “The United States paid and constructed the Panama Canal, but Panama treated the United States unfairly and China. He has handed over the main management of major infrastructure. ”
“Chinese companies have won contracts without fair competition, as the notorious” Belt and Road Initiative “has come to Panama. China often engages in “debt trap diplomacy” to enable economic and political enforcement. ”
“The benefit of the canal is over $ 3 billion on a regular basis. This money can be obtained from both US taxpayers and consumers, with high costs. If Panama uses important commercial and military assets, you will not be able to close it.
Trump has been criticized by enemies in Washington in Latin America to refuse to use military behavior. But some analyst suggest that this could be a tactic to neglect their underlying fears.
“The United States does not mean that there is no option to work on the presence of Panama and Chinese companies in China, and there is no option because it is related to the continuous possibility of the canal,” said Sora. I continued.
He also stated that it is essential to maintain the independence of Panama Canal Authorities.
Meanwhile, Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino claims that the canal is properly managed for world trade, including the United States. He stubbornly declared the canal last week that the canal continues to be a Panama.
The Panama Canal processes more than 40 % of container cargo worth $ 270 billion every year. Reuters。
Following the serious effects of the dry state of the canal operation, Sora and Dan Mafay, the chairman of the FMC, traveled to Panama in August 2024 to meet Murino. In a letter of a letter submitted to the Senate Committee on Tuesday, Mafay claimed that the rainy season in Panama last year was “pleased and relieved the problem of serious water supply for time.” [it] Restored normal transit volume. “
history:
US and British leaders and businessmen tried to transport products quickly and economically between the Atlantic and Pacific coastline throughout the 1800s. The United States and the United Kingdom negotiated the Clayton Bulwar Treaty in 1850 to restrict competition via the Canal proposed in the Nicaragua Central American Republic. However, the British and American Canal had never exceeded the planning stage. French efforts to build the canal through Panama have progressed. The French people began digging in 1880 under the instructions of Ferdinand de Lespes. The Delesseps campaign was hindered by malaria, yellow fever, and other tropical diseases, and French efforts failed after about 20,000 lives nine years later. Despite these obstacles, the United States's interest in the canal continued. The Clayton Balwar Treaty was canceled in 1901 by the Hei Pownsefort Treaty and gained permission to build and operate US canals. The U.S. Senate voted for the construction of a canal through Panama on June 19, 1902. In less than six months, Colombia Foreign Minister Thomas Erung and Secretary of State John Hay have signed an agreement to build a new canal. The Colombian Congress refused to offer because the financial conditions were inadequate. In response, President Roosevelt sent an American warship and supported Panama's independence in the Atlantic Colon and Panama City in the Pacific Ocean. Panama declared independence on November 3, 1903 after the Colombian army could not cross the Darien gap jungle. The newly established Republic of Panama. In his new position, Banau Valilla negotiated with the 1903 dried grass Valilla Treaty. Payment of $ 10 million to Panama. In addition, the United States promised to secure Panama's independence. The Panama Canal, which ended in 1914, indicates the US economic power and technical advantage. At that time, the rule of the United States canal was welcomed as an important outcome of important foreign policy, but later became a source of friction between the United States and Panama. History of the US Department of State。
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