My administration will receive the Panama channel, we have already started to do it – said US President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a message given before the combined chambers of Congress. He added that the American company announced the intention to buy two ports near the channel.
Donald Trump He emphasized that the channel was built by the Americans and it was “the most expensive project built in the history of our country, if it is converted into current costs.”
“We take him back”
The President of the United States again assessed that Panama was violating the agreement, under which she took control of the channel, and that the channel's activities are influenced by China.
– We didn't give him back, but Panama. And we take him back – said the US president.
Earlier, the American Blackrock Investment Enterprise announced that it agreed to buy majority shares in ports on the Panama Canal from Hutchinson based in Hong Kong.
Panama channel
The Panama channel, connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific, is about 80 km long. Work on him United States They completed in 1914, and in 1977 they concluded a contract with Panama, under which in 1999 they gave her full authority over the channel.
In the last tax year, despite the drought limiting capacity, the Panama Government Agency managing the channel recorded a record revenues of $ 4.986 billion.
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