The administrator of the Panama Canal has responded to criticisms from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, denying that there ...
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the Panama Canal is charging “exorbitant prices and rates of passage” on US ...
He said there would be no reduction in tolls for US vessels using the canal. Trump started the mini-firestorm when he slammed ...
Trump has complained in recent weeks about rising charges for ships to transit the canal and suggested the U.S. should take it back. It’s a proposal roundly rejected by Panama President José ...
Mr. Trump’s insinuations about Chinese influence, his demands for lower transit fees and his talk of returning the canal to U.S. control have, of course, not won him admiration in Panama ...