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Panama Foreign Minister: China Has 'Zero Influence' on Panama Canal

Panama Foreign Minister: China Has 'Zero Influence' on Panama Canal

Bloomberg15-07-2025
Now that Panama has been removed from the EU's list of high-risk jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regimes, the country is looking forward to working more closely with the bloc says Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, Panama's Foreign Minister. The country is also working on strengthening ties with the US, as it insists that China has no influence whatsoever over control of the Panama Canal. Martínez-Acha Vásquez spoke to Joumanna Bercetche on 'Bloomberg: The Pulse'. (Source: Bloomberg)
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