US pressure has forced Panama to quit China’s Belt and Road Initiative – it could set the pattern for further superpower clashes
Following Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the US needs to “ take back ” the Panama canal from Chinese control, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Panama to demand the country reduce China’s influence. On the surface, it seems Rubio has succeeded.
announced on Thursday that the country will withdraw from the Belt and Road Initiative, the ambitious Chinese project to fund infrastructure to improve connectivity and economic cooperation ...
Built by the China Bridge and Road Corporation, it was in many ways an engineering feat. A jaw-dropping 656-foot-high bridge ...
When Panama signed up for China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative in 2017, it became the first country in Latin America to join ...
The top diplomat celebrated Panama’s response to the Chinese “Belt and Road Initiative,” writing on X that it is a “great step forward for US-Panama relations” and a “free Panama Canal.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday welcomed Panama's decision to let its participation in China's global ...
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