Panama’s Attorney General Finds Hutchison’s Port Contract Unconstitutional

Panama’s Attorney General weighed in during the ongoing debate over Chinese control of the Panama Canal telling the country’s Supreme Court he has determined the contract with China’s Hutchison Port Holdings is unconstitutional. He is asking the Supreme Court to confirm the unconstitutionality of the contract as a step toward terminating the agreements.

It is the latest step by the government of Panama to address concerns raised by Donald Trump who has repeatedly asserted China is running the canal and that the United States would take it back. Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has alternately taken steps to appease Trump while also telling the U.S. to stop spreading…