Complaint by local lawyers to supreme court follows US demands to reduce China’s alleged influence on waterway
Trump says China is ‘operating’ the Panama canal – here are the facts
Two Panamanian lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country’s supreme court in an attempt to cancel a Hong Kong-based company’s concession to operate two ports at either end of the Panama canal.
Their complaint – filed a day after the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, told Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, to reduce China’s alleged influence on the canal – argues that the contract for the two ports is unconstitutional.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/04/panama-canal-lawsuit-ports-china
Author : Mat Youkee in Panama City
Publish date : 2025-02-04 19:04:00
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