5 février 2025
Transport international

Rubio Calls ‘Status Quo’ at Panama Canal Unacceptable, as Trump Renews Vow to Seize It

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived Sunday with an ultimatum from the White House for Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino: Either curtail China’s presence around the Panama Canal or face an unspecified U.S. response.

On his first overseas stop since taking office, Rubio toured the canal after talks at the country’s presidential palace with Mulino, who has rejected President Trump’s threats to take back the waterway as an affront to Panama’s sovereignty.

In a significant concession, Mulino afterward declared Panama wouldn’t be renewing a 2017 infrastructure funding agreement with Beijing and offered “technical-level” talks to clarify Trump’s doubts about Chinese control of the canal. He called the meeting with Rubio “positive” and said he didn’t think Trump’s threats would continue.

But even before Rubio departed the country, Trump appeared to double down on his threats to seize the canal, which the U.S. relinquished to Panama in 1999. “We’re taking it back, or something very powerful is going to happen,” he said, speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington.

Read more in an article from MSN.

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