• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Surely Europe relies on it too? It’s the connector between the Mediterranean and Red Seas, without it ships have to go around Africa.

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      1 day ago

      I believe that you’re thinking of the Suez Canal. The Panama Canal allows ship traffic to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific without going around all of South America.

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      1 day ago

      yeah, but my point is that it isolates the us from the world, not the world from the us. ewwrope could find a new economic partner if they werent us vassal states, the us doesnt have an option but for increased trade costs. it surely affects internatilnal market cos its all conected tho.