Panama News News Panama » Trade: Panama financial scandal blows up into Democratic skirmishing over trade
The Panama Papers’ detailed revelations of a massive international tax-haven scheme have snowballed this week into a fierce debate among Democrats over President Obama’s trade policies with the tiny ...
News Panama » Trade: Costa Rica, Panama deepen dispute over farm trade
May 21 (UPI) --Trade relations between Costa Rica and Panama entered a critical phase after negotiations failed to resolve a prolonged dispute over agricultural products, raising concerns about ...
News Panama » Trade: Hillary Clinton Touted Tax Transparency In Supporting Panama Trade Deal, Despite Warnings From Watchdog Groups
Hillary Clinton attends the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO's Convention in Philadelphia on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. During her speech, Clinton made her first reference to the Panama Papers, pledging to crack ...
News Panama » Trade: Sanders’s claim that Panama Free-Trade deal enabled more offshore tax scams
“What the Panamanian free-trade agreement did is enable large corporations and the wealthiest people — not just in this country but around the world — to participate in massive tax-avoidance schemes.
News Panama » Trade: Long Before the Canal, Global Trade Built Panama City
Panama City is often reduced to a canal. That's understandable: The Panama Canal is one of the most consequential pieces of infrastructure ever built. But that's also a misunderstanding. The canal ...
News Panama » Trade: Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2025 - Options to the Panama Canal Perhaps? The U.S. Suggests Taking Back Ownership, as China is Prepared to Bypass
Prior to the origination of the plans for the Panama Canal vessels of trade had few options of getting goods from Europe and Asia to N. America. One was to sail around the southern tip of South ...
News Panama » Trade: U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement enters into force Oct. 31
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2012- United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk announced today the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement will enter into force on October 31, 2012. Kirk and ...
News Panama » Trade: Why the Panama Canal is a big, long-term prize in Trump's global trade war
The Panama Canal has spent the past few years battling extreme weather, with the El Niño phenomenon and severe drought leading to a water-level crisis. Now, it's President Trump's trade war that is ...
News Panama » Trade: Stop pursuit of Panama trade pact
A lot of fiscal conservatives were startled to hear U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk’s comments about the Obama administration plans to consider pushing forward with President Bush’s Panama ...