Trump Urges Free Passage for U.S. Ships Through Canals
April 26, 2025, 7:21 pm
President Trump renewed his call for free, charge‐free navigation of the Panama and Suez Canals, insisting that these strategically vital waterways should let American vessels pass unhindered – a bold, if not eyebrow-raising, assertion of U.S. influence over global trade routes.
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump called for “free of charge” passage of American ships through the Panama and Suez canals, renewing his focus of expanding US influence over critical commercial and naval waterways. While Trump began pushing for an exit of Chinese port operators around the...
Avant même de reprendre ses fonctions le 20 janvier, Donald Trump avait menacé de «reprendre» le canal de Panama.
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