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Carla Martinez Machain

Carla Martinez Machain

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Trump, China, and the Truth about the Panama Canal

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has in recent days repeatedly denounced what he sees as China’s outsized influence on the Panama Canal – the...

16.01.2025 3

The Diplomat

Carla Martinez Machain

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US

Incoming US president has repeatedly stated that Beijing is ‘operating’ the crucial waterway – an untruth, but one that gets at Washington’s...

13.01.2025 9

The Conversation

Carla Martinez Machain