
US official discusses Panama Canal-related audit with Panamanian minister
(Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau discussed on Friday with Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha the importance of an ongoing audit of Hutchison’s management of concessions of two ports at either end of the Panama Canal, the State Department said in a readout of their conversation.Though the canal itself is operated by Panama, the two ports on either side a ...