Why has Trump made the Panama canal a top priority? – podcast
by Presented by Hannah Moore with Andrew Roth; produc from World news | The Guardian on (#6V2B2)
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Panama on the weekend to put pressure on the country over how it runs the canal and its ties with China. Andrew Roth reports
China is operating the Panama canal and we didn't give it to China, we gave it to Panama, and we're taking it back."
Donald Trump's claim in his inauguration speech that Panama had broken its promises" to the US was alarming for many Panamanians. Washington relinquished control of the canal in 1977, so why is Trump pressing the issue now?
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