Panama’s Leader Takes Up Feud With Trump Over Canal Control
- US president-elect stokes fight over fees, China’s influence
- Mulino says canal is Panama’s, cites treaties with the US
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Panama’s president rebuffed Donald Trump’s 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.
“Every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent zones is part of Panama, and it will continue to be,” President José Raúl Mulino said Sunday in a video statement on X, the social platform.