The United States and China clashed over the Panama Canal at the United Nations on Monday, with the U.S. warning that Beijing’s influence over the key waterway could threaten global trade and security and China calling U.

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The Panama Canal is planning to enter the ports business with a tender for two terminals, a move that comes amid a high-profile clash between the US and China over the waterway.

The United States and China clashed Monday at a UN Security Council session over Beijing’s role in the Panama Canal. Acting US Ambassador Dorothy Shea warned that China’s “ outsized influence ” over critical infrastructure and port operations near the waterway poses a threat to global trade and security,

In UN session, US envoy called China’s influence a ‘risk to Panama and the US’ and a ‘potential threat to global trade and security’.