Marketplace All-in-one
The fight over the Panama Canal rages on
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:06:31
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Synopsis
From the BBC World Service: Panama’s Supreme Court has annulled a contract allowing for a Hong Kong company to operate two ports on the major shipping route. The canal handles 5% of all shipping traffic between the Atlantic and Pacific, and the news comes as the Trump administration seeks to curb Chinese influence in the region. Then, Madagascar recently opened its first-ever stretch of highway. Can it speed up trade and spur economic development in the country?
