It would massively delay moving those ships. And so what I'm pressing Panama, I will say when I chaired the hearing on the Panama Canal, Within a week [of the hearing], 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 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. (31:55–32:05)
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