President-elect Donald Trump won’t rule out use of the U.S. military to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, if necessary. Trump, during a press conference held Tuesday, said he is “not going to commit to that,” when asked to rule out use of American troops to secure either territory. “It might be that … Read more
Panama took full control of the Canal in 1999 AFP The status of the Panama Canal is non-negotiable, President Jose Raul Mulino said in a statement Monday signed alongside former leaders of the country, after Donald Trump’s recent threats to reclaim the man-made waterway. The US president-elect on Saturday had slammed what he called unfair … Read more
The UN is concerned that several geopolitical factors could disrupt international trade. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.N. trade body sounded an alarm on January 25 that global trade is being disrupted by attacks in the Red Sea, the war in Ukraine, and low water levels in the Panama Canal. Jan Hoffmann, a trade … Read more
