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After Trump’s threats, picking up the Panaman channel passing through it for the US vessels became free
Panama authorities canceled the fee for American ships for passing the Panama Canal. The message about this appeared in the official account of the US State Department on the social network X.
“The Court of the United States Government can now take place without any fees, which will allow the US government to save millions of dollars a year,” it says.
A few hours after the statement of the US State Department, the Panama Canal Office reported that it did not cancel the passage for American vessels. “In view of the announcement that is widespread by the US State Department, the leadership of the Panama Canal, endowed with the authority to establish transit duties and other fees for transit through the channel, informs that they did not make any adjustments to them,” the statement said.
On February 2, a meeting of American Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Panam President Jose Raul Mulino took place. After the negotiations, the latter stated that Panama would not extend the action of the memorandum of understanding with China on the initiative “One belt, one path”. In turn, Rubio explained that US President Donald Trump was dissatisfied with the situation around the Panama Canal due to the increased influence of China on the region.
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In December 2024, Trump himself called tariffs for the passage of the Panamani Canal for American ships “ridiculously high” and threatened to return the channel to the US control. In response, Mulino said that each meter of the channel belongs to Paname.
Trump remembered the Panama Canal during his inaugural speech on January 20. Then he again complained that American vessels were overpaying for passage along the channel, and stated that the decision to give it was a mistake, as a result of which China received control over this transport artery. “And we did not give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we take it back, ”he emphasized.
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The United States received the right to use the Panamani channel “for eternal times” under the 1903 agreement concluded after the Panama separation from Columbia. Panama received 10 million dollars under this agreement. In addition, a rental fee for the use of the channel was installed for Washington.
In 1977, two new agreements were signed between the Panama and American authorities. According to one of them, the channel management completely went under the control of Panama since 1999, and in the second - the United States lost the opportunity to place military facilities in the canal zone, but retained the right to transit their vessels, including military, along this navigable path.
Updated 9:25 A paragraph added to the response of the Panama Canal Management
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