In the first months of Trump 2.0, his claim that Beijing ‘runs the Panama Canal' grabbed attention; Hong Kong-resident shipping heavyweight Hutchinson Whampoa has managed ports on the canal since 1997. What is evident to many observers is the converse, the net effect, of Trump’s accusation: Beijing’s credibility, not least in the global south and, by extension, in the UN and other multilateral fora, is likely to rise.
In the first months of Trump 2.0, his claim that Beijing ‘runs the Panama Canal' grabbed attention; Hong Kong-resident shipping heavyweight Hutchinson Whampoa has managed ports on the canal since 1997. What is evident to many observers is the converse, the net effect, of Trump’s accusation: Beijing’s credibility, not least in the global south and, by extension, in the UN and other multilateral fora, is likely to rise.
In the first months of Trump 2.0, his claim that Beijing ‘runs the Panama Canal' grabbed attention; Hong Kong-resident shipping heavyweight Hutchinson Whampoa has managed ports on the canal since 1997. What is evident to many observers is the converse, the net effect, of Trump’s accusation: Beijing’s credibility, not least in the global south and, by extension, in the UN and other multilateral fora, is likely to rise.
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