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Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino spoke at a press conference Thursday in which he dismissed various assertions made by the president-elect about the canal, including the accusation that
It was the latest in a long series of criticisms made by Trump about the crucial maritime passage, which he believes is “ripping off” the United States with high shipping rates. In the announcement, the president-elect called Panama a “country that is ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far beyond their wildest dreams.”
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