The Americas | Donald Trump’s canal
Panama’s giveaway game
Panama has made a series of concessions to Donald Trump. It has not helped
|Panama City
Editor’s note (March 14th): After this story was published it was reported that the Trump administration is exploring military options to gain full access to the Panama Canal.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The giveaway game”
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