And so what I'm pressing Panama, I will say when I chaired the hearing on the Panama Canal, within a week, they announced the deal to sell those two Chinese ports to an American business consortium. That deal has not gone through yet. The Chinese are slow walking [the deal]. it. And part of the purpose of my trip was to press the Panamanian government and say, look, you need to get the Chinese the hell out of here. (32:07–32:09)
CLAIM
Asserts that China is delaying the deal to sell the ports to an American consortium.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
