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US firm agrees to buy Panama Canal ports at center of Trump fury

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    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -22% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Trump said several times during the lead-up to his inauguration and since taking office that he intends to "take back" the Panama Canal from Panama, which took over control of the crucial international waterway in 1999 under a treaty negotiated with the United States 20 years earlier.
64% : Trump said several times during the lead-up to his inauguration and since taking office that he intends to "take back" the Panama Canal from Panama, which took over control of the crucial international waterway in 1999 under a treaty negotiated with the United States 20 years earlier.
58% : We gave it to Panama, and we're taking it back," said Trump during his inaugural address.
58% : We gave it to Panama, and we're taking it back," said Trump during his inaugural address.
40% : At a January press conference ahead of his inauguration, Trump would not rule out using either military force or economic coercion to take control of the canal once again.
40% : At a January press conference ahead of his inauguration, Trump would not rule out using either military force or economic coercion to take control of the canal once again.
38% : The 51-mile canal is a key to both the movement of international trade and U.S. military vessels.
38% : The 51-mile canal is a key to both the movement of international trade and U.S. military vessels.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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