The Panama Canal is officially neutral, and US ships do not pay higher rates than any other ships from around the world, former Assistant Secretary of State PJ Crowley says.
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00:00Yeah, I mean, you mentioned the fact that American ships are being charged high rates.
00:05That's one of Donald Trump's grievances, clearly, with the Panama Canal and its management.
00:10But do you think this is all part of a tactic, perhaps, to get those charges brought down?
00:15Well, the Panama Canal is officially neutral.
00:20So it's not that American ships are being charged more and shipping from other countries
00:25are being charged less.
00:27Everyone is being charged more because it takes more water to fill the canal to move
00:33ships through it.
00:36But you've got to remember, I mean, the irony here is, here in Washington, Jimmy Carter,
00:42who negotiated the return of the Panama Canal to Panama, is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol.
00:51And there's been a conservative grievance.
00:54Going back to the Reagan administration, we built it, we paid for it, we should control
01:00it.
01:01It all feels a bit dated.