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Investment In The Panama Canal: Why the ACP’s autonomy is the real safeguard for foreign investors
The new investment plan of up to US$8.5 billion in the Panama Canal opens opportunities in ports, energy, and water infrastructure. However, for foreign capital, the true differentiator does not lie in the amount of spending or the magnitude of the works, but in the institutional safeguards that support the project: the constitutional autonomy of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), its special contracting regime, and the Canal’s permanent neutrality constitute the genuine guarantee of confidence in this new expansion cycle.
Icaza Gonzalez-Ruiz & Aleman