Panama Canal

President-elect Donald Trump may wish to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal.  Farmdoc says Trump accused Panama of charging excessive rates to use the passage, which drew a sharp rebuke from Panama’s president.  Speaking to supporters in Arizona, Trump also said he wouldn’t let the Canal fall into the wrong hands, warning of potential Chinese influence on the passage.   South American e.

The Panama Canal is lifting restrictions that caused a global shipping bottleneck as water levels get back to near normal after a severe drought.   Farm Policy News says the Panama Canal Authority increased the draft in the waterway to a maximum of 50 feet and will allow 36 vessels a day to cross after recent rains lifted water levels at an artificial lake that forms part of the canal system. The.