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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Marco Rubio issues Panama ultimatum over 'Chinese influence' on canal

President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded Panama immediately reduce “unacceptable” Chinese “influence and control” over the Panama Canal.

On his first official trip as America’s top diplomat, Rubio said in Panama that the U.S. would act “to protect its rights” under a longstanding mutual treaty as scores of people in the Central American nation marched in protest against his visit.

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