Panama President Refutes Trump’s Claim of Chinese Meddling in Canal
- President Jose Raul Mulino speaks at Thursday press conference
- Donald Trump had said canal was “falling into the wrong hands”
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Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said China has no stake in the Panama Canal and US warships pay the same toll rates as other nations, pushing back against Donald Trump’s threats over the key waterway.
Trump’s remarks alleging growing influence from the world’s second-largest economy over the canal may be due to “geopolitical fears that might be valid from their perspective, but in terms of Panama, have absolutely no veracity,” Mulino said at a Thursday press conference.