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Panama Considers Canceling Port Deal With Hong Kong Firm

Trump Says China Has Too Much Influence Over Panama Canal

A cargo ship and tugboat sail through the Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal in 2024. (Arnulfo Franco/AFP via Bloomberg News)

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Panama is weighing whether to cancel its contract with the Hong Kong-based company that operates ports near the Panama Canal, according to people with knowledge of the situation, a potential concession to defuse President Donald Trump’s threats about countering China’s influence around the key waterway.

The government of President Jose Raul Mulino is weighing the possibility of cancel…

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