With all that’s been going on in the world as far as trade wars, tariffs, and China, China, China, there hasn’t been much in the news about Panama.
That doesn’t mean nothing’s been happening, though.
In fact, Panama is turning into one more giant burr under Xi’s Mongolian camel blanket and Trump has to be tickled with the frustrations he’s successfully piling on his adversary’s plate like so many red, white and blue lo mein noodles.
Three weeks ago, with the mainland Chinese government basically scuttling the Hutchinson-Blackrock port deal and the Panamanians having already signaled in February that they would leave the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Chinese were agitated enough to take a personal hand in the situation.
Beijing rustled up some senior Chinese diplomatic firepower and sent them off to the isthmus for ‘talks.’
China has sent a senior-level…
