The US and China are competing to control the Panama Canal, the cornerstone of world trade
Mikel Reparaz, head of EITB's international area on the Panama Canal
This waterway is a strategic step that brings together the tension between the two powers: the United States, the country that built the canal more than a century ago, and its rival, China. Five percent of all world trade passes through the channel to prevent the American continent from being surrounded, which has great benefits for Panama, the country that has controlled the channel for 26 years.
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