This issue of the FAL Bulletin sets out a brief history of the Panama Canal, its construction and its social and political impact on Panama, within the context of international trade at the time. This issue also reviews the recovery of the canal by the Republic of Panama and subsequent major even...
En este documento se describe el destacado rol que cumple el Canal de Panamá para establecer y abrir nuevas rutas comerciales internacionales, así como el ambicioso proyecto de expansión en curso, diseñado para responder a las necesidades del comercio del siglo XXI.
This paper describes the role of the Panama Canal in establishing and opening new global trade routes as well as the ambitious expansion project currently underway designed to meet the needsof the XXIth century global trade.