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On Panama, Trump settles a serious blow to Beijing

The re -edition, wanted by Donald Trumpof the Monroe doctrine begins to bear fruit. The President Panamense, José Raúl Mulinoannounced that his country will not renew the adhesion to the Belt and Road Initiative. Not only that. He also announced that his government will start an audit on the ports of the Panama channel managed by China.

The announcements of Mill they arrived significantly after his meeting with the American secretary of state, Marco Rubio. The latter had expressed concern about the influence of Beijing on the Panama channel. “The secretary Rubio He clarified that this status quo is unacceptable and that, in the absence of immediate changes, the United States will be forced to adopt the measures necessary to protect their rights envisaged by the Treaty, “said the spokesperson for the State Department Tammy Bruce After the face to face between Rubio And Mill.

This means that the pressures exerted by Trump On Panama they have already had some effects: starting from the reduction of Chinese flu on the canal. Recall that, in recent weeks, the American president had said that, without a loosening of the relations between Panama and Beijing, the United States would consider the hypothesis of returning to the channel itself. Among other things, Trump He had not even completely excluded the use of force. A series of pressures that are evidently at the basis of the turning point just announced by President Panamense.

On the other hand, national security represents one of the pillars of the Trumpist re -edition of the Monroe doctrine. And it is always in this perspective that the hard line must be read in the field of contrasting illegal immigration. The objectives of the Central American journey of Rubio In fact, they are mainly two: to reduce the Chinese regional influence and stem the migratory flows directed towards the southern border of the United States. Not surprisingly, one of the countries that the American secretary of state will visit after Panama is El Salvador: a nation with which the Trump administration is in negotiations to make them accommodate the repatriages that are unwanted by their countries of origin. We also remember that the White House has made it known to want to use the Guantanamo migrant center to retain the illegal immigrants considered more dangerous. Among other things, one of the reasons that pushed the tenant of the White House to announce additional duties to China directly concerns the role of Beijing in the arrival of the chemical components used for the realization of Fenanyl.

In short, the main objective of Trump With the re -edition of the Monroe doctrine it is to weaken the dragon in Latin America. And, from this point of view, some first step forward seems to have been taken.

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