USA increases pressure: Panama ends BRI projects with China

Panama halts new BRI projects with China under US pressure. A geopolitical change of course with consequences for trade, power relations and the future of Panama.

Feb 03, 2025

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Washington's influence is having an effect: shortly after a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Panama's President José Raúl Mulino declared that his country would no longer enter into any new BRI projects with China. While existing investments will continue, this decision marks a geopolitical change of course. The USA is pushing Panama more…

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