Trump’s words ‘boon’ to China

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President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to take the Panama Canal by force could help China increase its influence in the area by approaching local countries, former Assistant Secretary of State PJ Crowley says.   #Trump #PanamaCanal

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00:00Exactly. I mean, I was going to ask you, I mean, how do countries, how might countries

00:04like Russia and China that have territorial expansion plans of their own, notably China

00:10with regards to Taiwan, how might they seize upon that very same behaviour or those very

00:16same threats being used by Washington?

00:19Well, sure. And, you know, China has worked very hard to increase its influence in Central

00:26and South America. You know, Russia has as well, less so, you know, but this would be

00:31a boom, you know, to China in our own hemisphere, because obviously, you know, you know, China,

00:38when it works, its foreign policy is not perceived as bossing other countries around, you know,

00:47so even with the threat, with no logical endgame, this is something that China in particular

00:54can use to curry favour with, you know, with countries in our hemisphere, you know, which

01:00again, you know, undercuts potential US influence.

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