State Department Calls for "Immediate Changes" at Panama Canal

The Trump administration continues to press its calls for more favorable treatment of American interests at the Panama Canal, a new area of focus for U.S. foreign policy. 

In a readout after Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s meeting with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday, the State Department said that it has concluded that “the current position of influence and control of the Chinese Communist Party over the Panama Canal area is a threat to the canal,” and a threat to the U.S.-Panama…