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China derides U.S. "pressure and coercion" as Panama scraps Belt and Road deal with Beijing amid canal standoff

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U.S. Secretary of State MarcoJosé Raúl Mulino said Panama must reduce what President Trump says is Chinese influence over canal area.

Mulino has rejected pressure from the new government to discuss ownership of a waterway that is vital to global trade.

Some believe Panama may be open to a compromise under which canal operations on both sides are taken away from the Hong Kong -based Hutchison Ports company.

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