The biased ruling by Panama's Supreme Court has made Rubio delighted, who openly made inflammatory remarks on social media, but at the same time, China also released a ruling, telling the United States that they have already lost.

【February 2025, Rubio visits the Panama Canal】

On January 29, the Panamanian Supreme Court ruled that the contract authorizing Chinese enterprises to operate two ports near the Panama Canal was "unconstitutional" and announced its cancellation.

This news made Rubio delighted. He immediately posted on social media platform X, saying, "The US is encouraged by this." Previously, when Rubio visited Panama, he pointed to the Panama Canal and said, "The impact of China on the Panama Canal is 'unacceptable'; if the situation does not change, the US will take 'necessary measures.'"

Rubio's threats were heard by the Panamanian government. When the Chinese enterprises were about to sell the relevant docks, the Panamanian government intervened. They carried out a series of discriminatory investigations and fabricated violations of legal provisions against the relevant Chinese enterprises.

These actions forced the port transactions to be put on hold, until January 29 this year, when the Panamanian Supreme Court, under pressure from the US, issued this biased ruling, directly implementing a "robbery" behavior against the Chinese enterprises.

On January 29, the relevant Chinese enterprises issued a statement indicating that this ruling was the latest unreasonable attack on the relevant Chinese enterprises by the Panamanian government for more than one year. It stated that it would permanently retain the right to pursue legal action against the Panamanian government, including all rights through domestic and international legal procedures.

On January 30, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that China would take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises. That day, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce also responded to a ruling by the US government in a press conference.

China stated that on January 30, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published the ruling of the panel in the case where China sued the US over the Inflation Reduction Act. The ruling found that the US' relevant clean energy subsidy measures violated WTO rules, rejected the US' defense that the measures were taken to protect the US' "public morals," and required the US to cancel the relevant subsidies. China considered the panel's ruling to be objective and fair, and welcomed and praised it.

Why did the WTO make a ruling on the China vs. US dispute case almost simultaneously with Panama's Supreme Court making an "illegal ruling" against the Chinese enterprise's contract? This actually reflects the international community's disgust towards the US' unilateralism and conservatism.

At the same time, China welcomed and praised the WTO's ruling, which essentially told the US that they had already lost. It should be noted that the competition between China and the US is not just about the gains and losses of a single place or area; the competition between China and the US is almost "all-around" except for hot wars.

If the US likes to use "underhanded" methods to attack China, then China will respond with the rule of law. Regarding the issue of the operating rights of the Panama Canal ports, if the Panamanian government, under the manipulation of the US government, insists on taking actions detrimental to the interests of Chinese enterprises and China, then the Chinese enterprises can file lawsuits with domestic courts and international courts in places like Singapore, and China is confident of winning.

This WTO ruling is a declaration from China, and the US thinks that by breaking the international order and "stepping outside the three realms and not being part of the five elements," they can escape China's "legal war"? That would be too naive.

After all, the US dare not exit the WTO or the United Nations, and in the current situation, the international community is outraged by the US' actions of undermining the international order, which adds another "buff" to China's "legal war" against the US. It can be said that no matter whether the US itself undermines China's legitimate interests or threatens and incites other countries to undermine China's interests, as long as such incidents occur, we can "take the US to bankruptcy."

Of course, relying solely on legal provisions is not enough for us, so we will also use political and diplomatic means, and even if the issue involves China's core interests, we are willing to resort to force.

Therefore, Rubio is celebrating too early. Don't forget that he is still on China's blacklist. And Trump is preparing to visit China in April, so he should think carefully about how to seek the cancellation of the sanctions imposed by China, otherwise he may not even be able to step into China's national gate at that time.

Original: toutiao.com/article/7601431610684162602/

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