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The Panama Canal Has a Big Problem, but It’s Not China or Trump (www.nytimes.com)
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If the goal is securing affordable access to the transit point over the long term, it is climate change, not Chinese influence, that U.S. policymakers should worry about.

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[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

They should say they’ll give a 5% discount to any ship flying the U.S. flag instead of a flag of convenience. All those “Liberian” ships owned by American companies have to pay full price.

It won’t happen because Panama is a flag of convenience country but it’d be a fine trolling.

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