House Republicans introduce bill to repurchase Panama Canal after Trump raises concerns of Chinese control

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Noting the canal's strategic importance to the United States, Johnson's office also noted how the waterway is a key transit point for U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Defense vessels.
46% : The newspaper highlighted how the Chinese government has increasingly implemented its national security laws on the island of Hong Kong that can force companies to comply with intelligence-gathering and military operations.
43% : The Panama Canal was built for our military," Trump said.
36% : At a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, Trump was asked if he would assure the world he would not use "military or economic coercion" to gain control of the Panama Canal, as well as Greenland.
26% : "President Trump is right to consider repurchasing the Panama Canal," Johnson said in a statement.

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