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Why has Trump made the Panama canal a top priority? – podcast | Panama canal

“China runs the Panama Canal and we did not hand it to China. We give it to Panama and we regain it.”

Donald Trump's assertion in the inauguration -style speech that Panama had “broken his promise” in the United States was surprising to many Panama. Washington abandoned the canal's control in 1977, but why is Trump approaching the problem now?

“For many Panama people, this is an understanding that they have managed the canal and that they have been doing it for decades,” said the Guardian's Global Affairs correspondent. Andrew Ross, Hanna Moore

“Donald Trump comes out, and basically two claims are that the canal is incorrectly managed, and China is running on the canal second.

Andrews are the reasons why the American voters in the United States, who had been argued about the impact of China, the political resonance of this issue, and the old GR, which includes one of the Trump hotels. I will explain.

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Photo: Mark Seafelbine/Reuters
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