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I don't know what the incentive was for the person who signed that agreement with China,
I find it absurd that we would have to pay fees to transit a zone that we are obligated to protect in a time of conflict. Those are our expectations. … They were clearly understood in those conversations,
Rubio said during a press conference in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic China firmly opposes it and made stern demarches to the U.S. side,
said Lin Jian, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry I completely reject that statement yesterday,
Mulino said during his weekly press conference, ... adding that The Panama Canal Authority, which is empowered to set tolls and other fees for transiting the canal, reports that it has not made any adjustments to them,
With total responsibility, the Panama Canal Authority, as it has indicated, is willing to establish dialogue with relevant US officials regarding the transit of wartime vessels from said country,
the canal authority responded US government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the US government millions of dollars a year,
the State Department said in a statement posted on X alongside an image of a naval vessel entering the canal’s locks China is running the Panama Canal that was not given to China, that was given to Panama foolishly, but they violated the agreement, and we’re going to take it back, or something very powerful is going to happen,
Trump told reporters on Sunday Our Navy and Commerce have been treated in a very unfair and injudicious way. The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous,
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform in November If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question,
They're a democratically elected government. They have rules. They have laws. They're going to follow their process,
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