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Panama’s president is set to speak with his US counterpart Donald Trump today after accusing Washington of a “simply intolerable falsehood” in an escalating dispute over the Panama Canal.
The US said it had negotiated for American government vessels to traverse the waterway for free, a claim swiftly denied by canal authorities.
The row underscored questions over concessions the Trump administration claimed to have won after pressuring neighbors and allies: The White House has trumpeted drugs and immigration efforts being made by Canada and Mexico to win 30-day tariff reprieves, but analysts said both countries were largely going ahead with previously announced plans.
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